24 May 2017 :
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Florida prosecutors' petition for writ of certiorari in Florida v. Hurst, declining to review a Florida Supreme Court decision that had declared unconsitutional death sentences that had been based on less than unanimous jury recommendation for death. The ruling lets stand the grant of a new sentencing hearing for Timothy Hurst, but the state court decision is also expected to overturn more than 200 other Florida death sentences.
(Source: DPIC, 22/05/2017)
