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May 07, 2020

Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of May 4, 2020

NEWS (5/7/20) — Florida: The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence imposed on Leonardo Franqui, denying post-conviction challenges to his death sentence based upon claims that he is ineligible for the death penalty because of intellectual disability and that his death sentence was unconstitutionally imposed after some members of his jury voted for life. The court rejected Franqui’s claim of intellectual disability, saying he had not proven by clear and convincing evidence that he…