Anti-Death Penalty State Attorney Ayala Agrees To Seek Death Penalty

A Florida prosecutor will seek the death penalty after losing a legal battle with Gov. Rick Scott over her previous blanket policy against executions.

Ayala previously announced she would stop seeking the death penalty altogether.  

In response, Scott reassigned her death penalty eligible cases to another state prosecutor. 

The governor's move was upheld in August by the Florida Supreme Court, which ruled Ayala was wrong to have a blanket policy. 

A seven-member panel of prosecutors unanimously agreed Thursday that the death penalty should be sought for a case in State Attorney Aramis Ayala's circuit. 

It's unknown at the time which case the panel was voting over. However, a rep. for Ayala did said that the homicide occurred sometime since Ayala took office in January.

Ayala agreed to abide by the decision and created the panel.


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