Ex-State Attorney Jeff Ashton To Run For Circuit Judge

The man who prosecuted the murder case against Casey Anthony is putting his name back on the ballot. 

 Jeff Ashton has filed to run for a seat as a judge on Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit Court next year, which includes Orange and Osceola counties.  

Marc Lubet, the judge serving in the seat, is retiring at the end of his six-year term.

Ashton was elected state attorney in 2012 but lost in last year's Democratic primary to Aramis Ayala.  

Ashton has since been critical of Ayala's refusal to pursue the death penalty in capital murder cases.


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