death penalty but in january of NUMBER_TOKEN prosecutors announced they would no longer be seeking the death penalty states attorney erima sayala said that after consideration of the facts and the law applicable to the case including serious concerns about the mental health of the defendant aka tony it was now the best interest of the people of the state of florida to seek the death penalty this has been a point of controversy since florida and since i guess ayala is not seeking a second term but soon after taking office for her first term she'd announced that she would not seek the death penalty in any cases that were prosecuted under her and this was a stance that she had apparently not publicly expressed during her campaign so people did feel misled she'd also been the prosecutor on nicole montalvo's murder and sheriff ross gibson had accused her of hindering the investigation into the murder in order to advance her position against the death penalty something she called poppycock she didn't say poppycock she said something else but basically poppycock and this whole case the nicole montavalo case it prompted the governor of florida to reassign the case and take her off of it so there was that controversy um that's it that's all i have for you this is bananas let me know in the comments what you think about tony's letter i am looking forward to his trial i hope it's publicized i hope we can get cameras in the courtroom and and hear all of this evidence because there are so many questions i have let me know in the comments what is the one question you have about this whole case that you would want answered during the trial thank you so much for being here make sure to like this video if you liked it share it if you think it's worth sharing subscribe if you haven't already and if you already have subscribed make sure you still are subscribed because youtube loves to unsubscribe people from my channel all the time and that's not a lie like tony toad's letter also don't forget to follow my podcast crime weekly i co-host with derrick lavasser who's a retired police detective as well as a big brother season NUMBER_TOKEN winner we go deep into these cases you can find crime weekly wherever you get your podcasts audio only every friday and wednesday on youtube you'll find the video version of that podcast thank you guys so much for being here stay kind stay beautiful stay safe and i will see you very soon
START_SELFPROMO_TOKEN let me know in the comments what you think about tony's letter i am looking forward to his trial i hope it's publicized i hope we can get cameras in the courtroom and and hear all of this evidence because there are so many questions i have let me know in the comments what is the one question you have about this whole case that you would want answered during the trial thank you so much for being here make sure to like this video if you liked it share it if you think it's worth sharing subscribe if you haven't already and if you already have subscribed make sure you still are subscribed because youtube loves to unsubscribe people from my channel all the time and that's not a lie like tony toad's letter also don't forget to follow my podcast crime weekly i co-host with derrick lavasser who's a retired police detective as well as a big brother season NUMBER_TOKEN winner we go deep into these cases you can find crime weekly wherever you get your podcasts audio only every friday and wednesday on youtube you'll find the video version of that podcast thank you guys so much for being here stay kind stay beautiful stay safe and i will see you very soon END_SELFPROMO_TOKEN