Florida’s death row has ballooned in response to the loosest capital punishment requirements in the nation. But no one has quantified the alarming scope of the state’s outlier practices — until the Daily Sun’s months-long investigation, “Redefining Justice.”
The exclusive investigative reports continue with a revelation that Florida's "life row" makeup is just as unbalanced as "death row" when considering where those convicted killers come from in Florida's 20-circuit system. Plus, a look ahead to Florida's death penalty evolution and a call to …
Months after unique research findings and reporting appears in the Daily Sun and later introduced by experts at legislative hearings in Tallahassee illustrating inequities in the state's death penalty sentencing as well as revelation of how many convicted killers occupy death row without a n…
Florida has 17 aggravating factors that are to be considered when determining if a death penalty sentence is warranted in a first-degree murder case. Certainly, each case is unique. But exclusive Daily Sun research shows that each of the state's 20 State Attorney Offices are also unique, exh…
Florida's death penalty sentencing upheaval only adds to the torment that murder victim families are put through. Here's a look at the victims and their killers that would have escaped death row, had a 10-2 or greater jury vote been required at the time of their respective sentencing phases.
Florida has executed 92 inmates in the 40 years since the death penalty was reinstated. Did they all deserve to die?
A Daily Sun special report about Florida's Death Row makeup that even government officials didn't know at the time of publication. This 18-month investigative report reveals the breakdown of Florida's Death Row based on jury recommendations, as well as documents that Florida never recorded j…
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