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FL S0568
Bill
AI Summary
- Abolishes the death penalty in Florida by replacing the sentence for capital felonies with mandatory life imprisonment without parole
- Repeals statutes governing death sentence procedures, including jury selection in capital cases, execution warrants, methods of execution, and stays of execution (ss. 913.13, 921.137, 921.141, 921.142, and numerous sections under chapter 922)
- Eliminates the Capital Collateral Regional Counsel offices and repeals all related statutes (ss. 27.7001–27.715) that provided postconviction legal representation to death row inmates
- Removes public records exemptions related to capital collateral proceedings and the identity of executioners
- Conforms numerous cross-references throughout Florida law, including provisions on drug trafficking capital felonies, sexual battery, terrorism, gain-time, and career offender designations, to reflect the elimination of the death penalty
Legislative Description
Death Penalty
Last Action
Died in Criminal Justice
4/30/2021
Committee Referrals
Criminal Justice1/21/2021
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