This snatch and run crime is getting out of hand.
DeSantis signs bill lowering death penalty threshold, joined by Parkland parents.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (FLV) – Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that would reduce the number of jurors required to recommend the death penalty.
The governor was joined by parents of the victims in the Parkland mass shooting for the bill signing.
The law reduces the number of jurors needed to administer the death penalty from unanimous to now eight out of twelve.
“Once a defendant in a capital case is found guilty by a unanimous jury, one juror should not be able to veto a capital sentence,” DeSantis said. “I’m proud to sign legislation that will prevent families from having to endure what the Parkland families have and ensure proper justice will be served in the state of Florida.”
The proposal was in response to situations including Parkland killer, who received the life sentence instead of the death penalty.
Ryan Petty, father of Alaina who died in the shooting, said he hopes it saves other families from injustices.
“A few months ago, we endured another tragic failure of the justice system. Today’s change in Florida law will hopefully save other families from the injustices we have suffered,” Petty said. “I’d like to thank Governor DeSantis and the Florida Legislature for this important legislation.”
Rep. Berny Jacques, R-Seminole, and Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, carried the bills through the process.
Ingoglia said one “rogue juror” should not be the “sole arbiter of justice.”
“The victims of the most evil crimes and their families deserve to see criminals punished to the full extent of the law,” he said. “One rogue juror should not be the sole arbiter of justice.”
“Florida will no longer allow a small handful of activist jurors to derail the full administration of justice when individuals are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and meet the qualifications for the death penalty,” Jacques said.
“Thank you, Governor DeSantis, Senator Ingoglia, and Representative Jacques for enacting this legislation that changes the death penalty law,” said Hunter Pollack, brother of Meadow, who also died in the shooting.
“While we cannot go back and change the past, we can ensure that no community will ever have to endure the injustice and pain that we did when the Parkland shooter did not receive the death penalty,” Pollack said.
Democrats expressed concern during the debate that the death penalty would be more easily imposed.
“Florida gets it wrong a lot, we lead the nation in death penalty exonerees,” Rep. Michele Rayner-Goolsby, D-St. Petersburg, said. “Yet we want to have a lower threshold.”
The act takes effect upon becoming law.
Chicago Disintegrates Into Chaos
Pro-criminal, anti-police lunatic left mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson doesn’t even take office until next month, but the message has already gone out loud and clear and has been received, anything goes:
https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1647457314494971910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1647457314494971910%7Ctwgr%5Ef4d30b74037ec969fb2f3fccde9574d9385cd9de%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmoonbattery.com%2F
Todd Starnes reported on the scene in Chicago last night:
Several hundred teenagers are rioting in downtown Chicago and police officers are describing the scene as “complete anarchy.”
As they say, elections have consequences.
At least three people have been shot and a number of transit workers have been attacked and beaten by the mob. Video shows young thugs mounting cars and buses, terrorizing motorists.
At least one news crew was forced to take cover to avoid being shot and Northwestern University has been placed on lockdown to protect students. There are also reports that teens are trying to force their way into the Art Institute of Chicago.
The Democrat Death Spiral has reached the point of no return. Chicago is no longer part of the civilized world.
Batten down the hatches, Chicago. You voted for this.
The Democrats sure picked the right town for their 2024 convention. They must have felt nostalgic for 1968.
Whole Foods Is Shuttering Its Flagship Store in San Francisco Just a Year After It Opened.
(My schadenfreude runneth over.)
Whole Foods opened its 64,000+ square foot “flagship” store in downtown San Francisco in March of 2022. On Monday, the grocery giant announced it was shuttering that location.
“We are closing our Trinity location only for the time being,” a Whole Foods spokesperson said in a statement. “If we feel we can ensure the safety of our team members in the store, we will evaluate a reopening of our Trinity location.”
A City Hall source told The Standard the company cited deteriorating street conditions around drug use and crime near the grocery store as a reason for its closure.
The beleaguered grocery store on Market Street slashed its operating hours due to “high theft” and hostile visitors in October last year, according to one of the store’s managers. And in November, the store enforced new bathroom rules after syringes and pipes were found in the restroom.
(All the while trying to lay blame on the Covid ‘pandemic.’)
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2023/04/10/whole-foods-is-shuttering-its-flagship-store-in-san-francisco-just-a-year-after-it-opened-n729504
