USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court throws out the death sentence of Rasheem Dubose

The Florida Supreme Court throws out the 2010 death sentence of Rasheem Dubose, 32, Black, because the jury voted death only 8-4. The court recently ruled that death sentences require a unanimous jury recommendation if the sentence was imposed after a 2002 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. Eight-year-old DreShawna Washington-Davis was killed when 29 shots were fired into her house in July 2006. Authorities said the shooting was a retaliatory strike against the child’s uncle. Dubose’s brothers, Terrell Dubose and Tajuane Dubose, were sentenced to life in prison for their role in the crime. (See also March 11, 2010 and December 9, 2010).