SB 520 Florida Senate · 2023 Regular Session

Sentencing for Capital Felonies

Summary
Sentencing for Capital Felonies; Authorizing, rather than requiring, a court to impose the jury’s recommended sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for certain capital felonies; requiring the court to enter a written order addressing the sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and include in its required written order the reasons for not accepting a jury’s recommended sentence, if applicable, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
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Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2023 Last action May 5, 2023
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Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
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Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Blaise Ingoglia
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