05 October 2024 :
September 18, 2024 - Florida. Eriese Tisdale resentenced to death in 9-3 jury vote for 2013 killing of St. Lucie County deputy----Sgt. Gary Morales fatally shot inside his patrol car in 2013
After a 4-week trial, a jury in St. Lucie County has re-sentenced a man to death for killing a deputy more than a decade ago.
Eriese Tisdale shot and killed Sgt. Gary Morales inside his patrol car in 2013 and was sentenced to death in 2015. Since then, there have been numerous changes to Florida's death penalty law, which is what landed the case back in court.
The new law requires an 8-4 super majority vote to recommend the death penalty. In this case, the jury narrowly cleared the hurdle, ruling 9-3 to re-impose the death penalty for Tisdale.
