FL H0961

Requires advisory sentences of death in capital felony and capital drug-trafficking felony cases to be made by unanimous jury recommendation for offenses committed on or after October 1, 2013.

Mandates courts instruct juries that sufficient aggravating circumstances must outweigh any mitigating circumstances found to exist in order to recommend death.

Requires courts to instruct juries that each aggravating circumstance supporting a death recommendation must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt by unanimous vote.

Requires courts to provide special verdict forms for each aggravating circumstance found by the jury.

Takes effect July 1, 2013.