Legal Issues - Death Penalty

The Supreme Court of the United States has denied certiorari in two important Florida death penalty appeals, which questioned current jury instructions given in capital cases. 

SCOTUS Dissent in Challenge to Florida Jury Instructions in Death Penalty Cases

From Justice Sotomayer, a dissent joined by Justice Ginsburg and Justice Breyer, stating in part:

“At least

This month, the Death Penalty Information Center shares a new podcast with its PowerPoint presentation, entitled "Does Capital Punishment Deter Murder?."

View the PowerPoint presentation here. 

Listen to the podcast here. 

In it, DPIC Fellow Seth Rose and Executive Director Robert Dunham detail research studies that reveal Death Penalty does not deter murders

The Death Penalty Information Center website is a great resource for anyone interested in learning more about capital punishment in the United States.  And the site just keeps getting better.  

They’ve got site-specific pages for each state, for one thing.

DPIC State-Specific Page: Florida

There’s a great deal of Florida Death Penalty information collected