A man on death row is asking the Supreme Court for a new trial.
A jury convicted Mark Asay on two counts of murder in 1988, and sentenced him to death. But three of those jurors voted to give him a life sentence instead. Now with recent changes to Florida’s death row sentencing system, Asay is asking the Florida Supreme Court to revisit the case. Under the new sentencing guidelines, ten votes are needed to sentence someone to death. Asay’s lawyers are asking the Supreme Court to vacate the death sentence and reduce it to life in prison.
