FL Governor Sets Execution Date: A Florida man convicted of murdering four people will be executed late next month after spending 30 years on death row. Gal Tziperman Lotan of the Orlando Sentinel reports that 59-year-old Jerry Correll was found guilty in 1985 for the stabbing deaths of his ex-wife, five-year-old daughter, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law. Correll exhausted all of his appeals in February 2014, he is scheduled to be executed February 26.
Law Allows Killers To Escape Prosecution: Police in New Mexico are urging reform on the state's 6 year statute of limitations for second degree murder, which one state legislator hopes to change later this year. Emily Younger of KRQE News reports that under current New Mexico law, the 6 year limit has allowed admitted killers to get away with murder. The issue has been brought to state legislators twice before, and both times, proposed legislation died in a Senate committee hearing. New Mexico is the only state in the union that has a statute of limitation for second-degree murder.
OK Bill Targets Inmate Behavior: Oklahoma Senator Wayne Shaw has introduced legislation to improving inmate behavior in state correctional facilities and possibly reduce the prison population. Barbara Hoberock of Tulsa World reports that the bill would allow inmates convicted of crimes requiring them to serve at least 85% of their sentence to start earning early release credits at the beginning of their sentence rather than the end. Shaw believes this incentive will encourage better behavior from the start of a criminal's sentence. Under current state law, offenders required to serve a minimum of 85% of their sentence include those convicted of murder, child pornography, human trafficking, and rape.
Law Allows Killers To Escape Prosecution: Police in New Mexico are urging reform on the state's 6 year statute of limitations for second degree murder, which one state legislator hopes to change later this year. Emily Younger of KRQE News reports that under current New Mexico law, the 6 year limit has allowed admitted killers to get away with murder. The issue has been brought to state legislators twice before, and both times, proposed legislation died in a Senate committee hearing. New Mexico is the only state in the union that has a statute of limitation for second-degree murder.
OK Bill Targets Inmate Behavior: Oklahoma Senator Wayne Shaw has introduced legislation to improving inmate behavior in state correctional facilities and possibly reduce the prison population. Barbara Hoberock of Tulsa World reports that the bill would allow inmates convicted of crimes requiring them to serve at least 85% of their sentence to start earning early release credits at the beginning of their sentence rather than the end. Shaw believes this incentive will encourage better behavior from the start of a criminal's sentence. Under current state law, offenders required to serve a minimum of 85% of their sentence include those convicted of murder, child pornography, human trafficking, and rape.
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