“I don’t think it will have any impact that way,” said Bernie McCabe, the state attorney in the 6th Judicial Circuit in Pasco and Pinellas counties.
But Scott’s removal of Ayala from the Loyd case and her arguments against the death penalty — that it is unfair to victims and that its implementation discriminates against minorities — have injected newfound enthusiasm into the opposition.
“I think this is a defining moment in the struggle to end the death penalty in Florida. I really do,” said Mark Elliott, director of Floridians Against the Death Penalty, which is among a number of organizations that have planned a rally Thursday at the Capitol to call attention to the issue.
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3/27/2017
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