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Danielle Foré Apr 16, 2023

Florida is getting real scary real fast. They will now allow death penalty sentences with an 8-4 jury vote instead of unanimous, they’ve passed a bill to make sex crimes against children punishable by death, and they’re working to make being trans near children a sex crime. For all the “it could never happen here” folks, we’re inching closer to state sanctioned mass murder all the time.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-to-allow-death-penalty-with-8-4-jury-vote-instead-of-unanimously/ar-AA19S7Fh

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-house-backs-death-penalty-in-child-rapes/

https://translegislation.com/bills/2023/FL

Florida to allow death penalty with 8-4 jury vote instead of unanimously

(Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a bill on Friday allowing juries to recommend the death penalty in capital cases on an 8-4 vote, a move spurred by the less-than-unanimous vote that led to the Parkland school shooter being sentenced to life in prison. The state's Republican-led House of Representatives approved the measure with an 80-30 vote on Thursday, following the

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Danielle Foré

If you’re not already aware, Equality Florida recently released a travel advisory warning encouraging queer folks to avoid the state for travel and not to move there https://www.eqfl.org/florida-travel-advisory