The way the new law would read, the jury's vote would not be much more than mere advice. Now, I am in favor of the death penalty. It is appropriate and just punishment for the right crimes. But these ideas are crazy and irresponsible and dangerous. The governor and Legislature should calm themselves down.
Nobody thinks they are being sissies by adding lethal injection.
They do not have anything to prove. There are no more tricks up the lawyers' sleeves. Inventing a new law now, on the fly, will mean years of new appeals and court stays. For starters, this law probably violates the Florida Constitution, which gives the courts, not the Legislature, control of the appeals process. It is stupid and wasteful to pay for simultaneous appeals both of the trial result and of any constitutional issues.