Summary

THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMISSION WILL BE MEETING THIS WEEK TO CONSIDER SEVERAL PROPOSALS, INCLUDING ONE THAT WOULD REQUIRE UNANIMOUS JURY RECOMMENDATIONS IN SENTENCING FOR DEATH PENALTY CASES.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 3087
Story Slug UNANIMOUS DEATH RECOMMENDATIONS (1997)
Location TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
Format PKG
Date 11/10/1997
Archive Time 22:00
TRT 2:20
Supers DARYL NEAL, SISTER MURDERED DEXTER DOUGLASS, CONSTITUTION REVISION COMMISSION MAURY KOLCHAKIAN, ATTORNEY-FLORIDA SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION TONY SCHALL, REPORTING
Video Description (THE REPORTER IS LICENSABLE) Daryl Neal sot, back of man's t-shirt, Gerald Stano in courtroom, Florida Supreme Court interior file, Stano in courtroom, file of Danny Rolling in court, highlight of unanimous approval, man sot, man sot, Tony Schall standup, Stano in courtroom, Florida Supreme Court file, file of Danny Rolling in court
Description THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMISSION WILL BE MEETING THIS WEEK TO CONSIDER SEVERAL PROPOSALS, INCLUDING ONE THAT WOULD REQUIRE UNANIMOUS JURY RECOMMENDATIONS IN SENTENCING FOR DEATH PENALTY CASES.
Script LEAD: A committee appointed by state lawmakers proposes a change in the constitution that would make it TOUGHER to hand down death sentences to convicted killers. As Tony Schall explains, it's a proposal being met with with fierce opposition. SCRIPT: (SOT-DARYL NEAL) Daryl Neal's sister Romona was stabbed to death 20 years ago. Her killer Gerald Stano's been on death row ever since. Neal is greatly troubled by a new proposal which would make it tougher to sentence convicted killers like Stano to death. But a group appointed by the governor and other state leaders is studying just that. Under the proposal, a defendant convicted of a capital offense, like murder, would no longer need just a simple majority vote during the penalty phase to be sentenced to death...but a unanimous vote of 12 to 0. (SOT-DEXTER DOUGLASS) (SOT-MAURY KOLCHAKIAN) (SOT-TONY SCHALL REPORTING) A law, which had it been in effect 20 years ago, would have spared Gerald Stano from the death penalty...because jurors in his case voted 10 to 2 for death...which was NOT a unanimous decision. In Tallahassee, Tony Schall reporting. TAG-- Committee members meet later this week to discuss the issue.
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