"Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala announces that her office will no longer pursue the death penalty during a press conference Thursday.
Rick Scott removed the prosecutor from a high-profile murder case Thursday after she announced that she will no longer seek the death penalty in any of the state`s first-degree murder cases.
"The death penalty traps many victims` families in decades-long cycles of uncertainty, court hearings, appeals and waiting.
"I`ve been unable to find any credible evidence that death penalty increases safety for law enforcement officers.
"The heinous crime that he committed in our community is the very reason we have the death penalty as an option under the law.
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