USA - Florida. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Florida prosecutors' petition for writ of certiorari in Florida v. Hurst

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Florida prosecutors' petition for writ of certiorari in Florida v. Hurst, declining to review a Florida Supreme Court decision that had declared unconsitutional death sentences that had been based on less than unanimous jury recommendation for death. The ruling lets stand the grant of a new sentencing hearing for Timothy Hurst, but the state court decision is also expected to overturn more than 200 other Florida death sentences.