01-12-2016, 01:07 PM
Apparently the judge can impose the death penalty even if the decision is not unanimous. I didn't know that existed anywhere. The only thing, in my opinion, a judge should be able to do is throw out a unanimous death sentence. I don't really know the constitutionality of it all, but that's just what I think.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/12/supreme-court-florida-death-penalty-sentence-judge-jury/76466834/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/12/supreme-court-florida-death-penalty-sentence-judge-jury/76466834/
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