Mitch Perry Report for 3.4.16 — After being forced, Legislature finally moves on death penalty law
Undoubtedly, we’ll hear in the next week (and into the fall) about how Florida is so important nationally because it’s a “Purple State” that reflects the views of our nation about diversity. Yet on far too many issues our state is severely conservative, to quote Mitt Romney. Take its laws on how we decide who qualifies for the death penalty. Until it was slapped down by the U.S. Supreme Court two months ago, Florida was one of only two states that…