The Death Penalty in Florida

Florida has the death penalty. Capital felonies include first-degree murder, capital sexual battery of a child, capital drug trafficking and capital human trafficking of vulnerable persons for sexual exploitation, each with its own sentencing procedure; a person who was under 18 at the time cannot be sentenced to death. After a separate penalty hearing, the jury must unanimously find at least one aggravating factor; if at least eight jurors vote for death, the jury recommends death and the judge may impose death or life without parole, and if fewer than eight do, the recommendation is life. A death sentence is carried out by lethal injection unless the person elects electrocution, or by any method not deemed unconstitutional.