Unanimous Juries

Agreement is needed from only eight jurors for a death penalty recommendation. That’s under a new Florida law signed by Gov. DeSantis.

Florida juries can now send someone to death row with an 8-4 vote.

Legislators approved a bill that will allow death penalty sentences with the recommendation of at least eight jurors in favor. It now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk.

Judges would still have discretion to sentence defendants to life in prison after receiving jury recommendations of death sentences.

House and Senate committees this week considered proposals that would allow the death penalty for anyone who sexually batters a child under the age of 12.

The bill, which would allow judges to sentence defendants to death based on the recommendations of eight of 12 jurors. is up for discussion six years after lawmakers added the unanimous requirement.

The U.S. Supreme court’s silence on Florida’s appeal settles it: capital cases in the state require unanimous jury sentences. But many are dubious about...

Bolstering a state law requiring unanimous jury recommendations in death penalty cases, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider an appeal...

Moving closer to getting Florida's death penalty back on track, the Florida Senate on Thursday approved a measure that would require unanimous jury...

Florida juries would have to unanimously agree that defendants should be condemned to death for the sentence to be imposed, under a proposal given swift...

Florida is one step closer to reinstating the death penalty. After a year of turmoil for the state’s death penalty, one Florida legislator is trying to...

Florida is on the cusp of joining nearly every other death penalty state in requiring a unanimous jury sentence.