The Supreme Court's existing rules for death appeals would be overruled. Some of these changes are so drastic that they almost certainly would be thrown out by the courts as unconstitutional. Yet it almost seems that some legislators deliberately want to pass something they know is unconstitutional. This would force a showdown. The Legislature would then put on the ballot a constitutional amendment to get rid of some of these pesky, inconvenient rights, and reduce the Supreme Court's power.
Most people support the death penalty.
Most people would agree that 15 or 20 years is too long. Most people would not mind a reasonable goal for carrying out executions sooner. But this is an election year. The members will flock to Tallahassee today, some of them fresh from New Orleans and the Sugar Bowl just hours before, and they are in the mood to rewrite the law willy-nilly. Busy, busy, busy.