DeSantis uses case of Parkland killer Cruz to play politics with the death penalty

Donald Dillbeck, left, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on Feb. 23. Louis Gaskin, right, is set to be executed April 12 barring any delays.

By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org

With the Donald Dillbeck execution on Feb. 23, another one set for April 12 and many more inmates he can condemn at will, Gov. Ron DeSantis is using his death warrant power to brand himself as Florida’s chief avenger.

The presidential aspirant is channeling popular outrage at the November life sentence for Parkland high school killer Nikolas Cruz because three jurors on a 12-member panel thwarted the executioner by voting that Cruz should spend the rest of his life in prison.

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