Searchfortruth
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I am no legal expert, not even close, but I do follow certain cases and pride myself on having some common sense (key word..."some"). At any rate, I really wish I could provide the Florida statute that covers Florida Felony Murder/DP rules. I have read on numerous sites that Florida does have LWOP or the DP as possible sentences if one is convicted of Felony Murder...yes, I have even gathered such information from Wikipedia (I LOVE Wikipedia).
I also gather (from my common sense) that these very seasoned prosecutors would not charge Casey with this crime and ask for the DP if it wasn't legally permissable for them to do so. I have heard from other Florida prosecutors, read Attorney's websites on FL Law and they ALL say that Felony Murder allows for the DP or LWOP. Again, no legal expert and I have no "statute" to ramble off, but my common sense tells me that Casey is eligible for the DP under her current charges.
I am anticipating that Wudge will again ask for the 2009 Statute on this and to save him the time and effort, I will say now, I have no statute, but plenty of other reputable sources that I find trustworthy on FL law. I mean if you have countless numbers of attorneys writing about Felony Murder in Florida and they all say the same thing regarding sentencing, are we suppossed to believe these attys just made it up and didn't get their info from written law ? Asking for proof is one thing, turning away from it is another.
Plus if there was no clear written law in FL covering Felony Murder and the DP, every defense atty in the state would be screaming from the courthouse steps about the injustice. There have been quite a few Florida men sentenced to death under the Felony Murder law. These Defense Atty's wouldn't be explainaing the law on their website they would be putting the word out that the state of FL is sentencing people to death under a law that doesn't exist.
I also gather (from my common sense) that these very seasoned prosecutors would not charge Casey with this crime and ask for the DP if it wasn't legally permissable for them to do so. I have heard from other Florida prosecutors, read Attorney's websites on FL Law and they ALL say that Felony Murder allows for the DP or LWOP. Again, no legal expert and I have no "statute" to ramble off, but my common sense tells me that Casey is eligible for the DP under her current charges.
I am anticipating that Wudge will again ask for the 2009 Statute on this and to save him the time and effort, I will say now, I have no statute, but plenty of other reputable sources that I find trustworthy on FL law. I mean if you have countless numbers of attorneys writing about Felony Murder in Florida and they all say the same thing regarding sentencing, are we suppossed to believe these attys just made it up and didn't get their info from written law ? Asking for proof is one thing, turning away from it is another.
Plus if there was no clear written law in FL covering Felony Murder and the DP, every defense atty in the state would be screaming from the courthouse steps about the injustice. There have been quite a few Florida men sentenced to death under the Felony Murder law. These Defense Atty's wouldn't be explainaing the law on their website they would be putting the word out that the state of FL is sentencing people to death under a law that doesn't exist.