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| Florida defends use of new lethal injection cocktail |
| By orlandoweekly.com- Dara Kam |
| Published: 08/04/2017 |
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Attorney General Pam Bondi's office Thursday asked the Florida Supreme Court to reject an appeal from Mark James Asay, a Death Row prisoner whose scheduled Aug. 24 execution would be the first in more than 18 months in the state. Asay is challenging, among other things, a new triple-drug lethal injection formula —- never used in Florida or any other state —- adopted by state corrections officials this year. Gov. Rick Scott originally set Asay's execution for early 2016, but the state Supreme Court put the execution on hold following a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in a case known as Hurst v. Florida. The federal court decision overturned Florida's death penalty sentencing process, saying it gave too much power to judges, instead of juries, in violation of the constitutional right to trial by jury. Lawmakers later revamped the system. Read More. |
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