As Florida continues its unprecedented pace of executions, it is preparing to execute a 74-year-old Marine Corps veteran whom five jurors believed should receive a life sentence, after more than 34 years and despite his serious health issues. fadp.org/dusty-spencer-faces…

The machinery of death has become so routine in Florida that Governor DeSantis, who has the sole and exclusive authority over who on death row lives or dies, did not spend his evening grappling with the irreversible power he holds, or preparing to oversee his most solemn duty. He did not spend his evening maintaining an open telephone line between the execution chamber and his office, as is required by law, or prayerfully considering whether the facts of this case warrant a grant of clemency. He did not spend his evening demonstrating his respect for life in the same way that Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee, another ardent supporter of capital punishment, did when he granted reprieve to Tony Carruthers. No, as the State of Florida carried out its 36th state sanctioned murder under his administration, Gov. DeSantis was in Washington D.C. serving as the keynote speaker for an event hosted by the Federalist Society.