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   Pacific NW Viking (viking@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Jun-2025 08:14:20 JST Pacific NW Viking

   Florida is upping the ante:

   http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0900-0999/0921/Sections/0921.1426.html

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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Sunday, 22-Jun-2025 08:14:19 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     It'll get overturned.
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     cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 22-Jun-2025 08:17:43 JST cjd

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     • ?? Humpleupagus ??
     Also "capital felony" is a pretty narrow class of crimes, if I'm not mistaken.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Sunday, 22-Jun-2025 08:21:51 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • cjd
     Yeah. I'm no expert on capital punishment, but I'm pretty sure that the separate jury phase and right to introduce mitigating evidence is a matter of federal constitutional law, not state law. I don't see a court saying that can be avoided because the person is in the country illegally.
     
     A better statute would have said that the fact the person is in the country illegal is probative as to the application of capital punishment.