09 April 2017 :
The Florida Supreme Court vacated the death sentence for Rodney Newberry. because it was not unanimous. Newberry, 47, Black, was convicted and sentenced to death for the first-degree murder of 38-year-old Terrese Pernell Stevens. Newberry shot Stevens 12 times with an AK-47 while he and two other men were robbing him in the parking lot at Club Steppin’ Out on Dec. 28, 2009. Judge Adrian Soud sentenced Newberry to death on April 04, 2014 after a Duval County jury had voted 8-4 for death.
(Source: AP, DPIC, 06/04/2017)
