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Interesting review of judicial imposition and review of death recommendations in Florida

By Douglas A. Berman

A helpful reader alerted me to this interesting article from a local Florida paper discussing the imposition and review of death sentences in the Sunshine State.  The piece it headlined "Judge faced with difficult decision; A jury recommended death for Emilia Carr, but the vote's slim margin could make a difference on appeal," and here are excerpts: Earlier this month, by a 7-5 vote, a jury recommended that Emilia Carr be sentenced to death. If Circuit Judge Willard Pope follows that recommendation, statistics suggest the narrow vote would help Carr persuade the Florida Supreme Court to reduce her sentence to life in prison. Between 1972 and Dec. 31, 2000, there were 112 Florida death penalty cases in which juries voted 12-0 to recommend death...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 28, 2010 (boomark / email).