Hurst v. Florida Oral Argument
2015-10-17T17:18:31-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOTY3XC8yMDE1MTAxNzE3MTkxOTAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hurst v. Florida, docket number 14-7505, on the constitutionality of Florida’s death penalty system. A Florida jury’s recommendation for the death penalty was an “advisory opinion” and did not need to be unanimous. When Timothy Hurst was convicted of murder the jury recommended death in a 7-5 vote. The judge in the case went with the jury’s recommendation. Mr. Hurst’s lawyers argued that the Sixth Amendment requires that a jury, not a judge, must decide the “aggravating factors” necessary to impose the death penalty. Discussion included the court’s 2002 ruling in Ring v. Arizona. It was also argued that Mr. Hurst’s intellectual disability made the death penalty “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment.
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hurst v. Florida, docket number 14-7505, on the constitutionality of Florida’s death penalty system… read more
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hurst v. Florida, docket number 14-7505, on the constitutionality of Florida’s death penalty system. A Florida jury’s recommendation for the death penalty was an “advisory opinion” and did not need to be unanimous. When Timothy Hurst was convicted of murder the jury recommended death in a 7-5 vote. The judge in the case went with the jury’s recommendation. Mr. Hurst’s lawyers argued that the Sixth Amendment requires that a jury, not a judge, must decide the “aggravating factors” necessary to impose the death penalty. Discussion included the court’s 2002 ruling in Ring v. Arizona. It was also argued that Mr. Hurst’s intellectual disability made the death penalty “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment. close
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