The jury in Tampa found Oneal guilty Monday of two counts of first-degree murder for the 2018 killings of his girlfriend, Kenyatta Barron, and their 9-year-old daughter who had cerebral palsy and was unable to speak. Barron was wounded with a shotgun blast and then beaten to death, tria...
Esdras Thelusma As YNW Melly remains behind bars inside Broward County Jail on double murder charges, Florida prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in his case, according toTMZandPitchfork. Court docs allege Melly committed the premeditated crimes for financial gain and believe he is a gang ...
While some argue that there is no “closure” to be had in such tragedies and via the death penalty, victims’ families think differently. Often the families of victims have to endure for years detailed accounts in the press and social media of their loved ones’ gory murder while the murde...
BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a 26-year-old man charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shootings of three friends who had gathered at a central Florida lake in July for some late night fishing.
first-degree murder eligible for the death penalty—including that the offender created a “great risk of death” to many persons, the homicides were especially heinous, atrocious, and cruel, and the homicides were committed in a cold, calculated, and premeditated manner.[6]The defense submitted...
Read the full-text online article and more details about "Carter Guilty in Triple Slaying; First-Degree Murder Verdicts Mean He Faces the Death Penalty" by Pinkham, Paul - The Florida Times Union, September 28, 2005By PinkhamPaul
This bill requires the State to seek a death sentence in every prosecution for murder in the first degree that meets statutory requirements for death penalty-eligible cases, unless the victim's family indicates in writing that the family does not want the State to seek the death penalty. In ...
The indictment includes 17 counts of first-degree murder, which mean that Cruz could possibly face the death penalty if convicted. Cruz is accused of opening fire on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Broward County of Florida, on Feb. 14, an attack also leaving 14 others injur...
Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder; the trial is only to determine if he is sentenced to death or life without parole. The building's interior has been left nearly intact since the shooting: Bloodstains still smear the floor, and doors...
A questionnaire was constructed that contained 17 crime scenarios to examine citizen willingness to use the death penalty as a punishment for homicide in Hillsborough County, Florida. Citizens were presented with these vignettes and were asked to indicate what they thought was the appropriate punishment...