Regardless of the profession, if an individual cannot or will not perform their duties, then they must vacate that position. Such is the case with State Attorney Aramis Ayala who refuses to pursue any death penalty cases while in office. In particular, Ayala refused to seek the death penalty for Markeith Loyd who is accused of murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend Sade Dixon and murdering of Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton.
This triple homicide is why the Florida Constitution allows the death penalty. According to the Florida Capital Resource Center: “Article I, Section 17 of the Florida Constitution authorizes the death penalty as a punishment for capital crimes, and permits any method of execution that is not prohibited by the United States Constitution. Florida Statute 775.082 permits a punishment of death for a person convicted of a capital felony.” The statute also allows the judge discretion on whether or not to seek the death penalty in a particular case. However, Ayala has stated that she will not seek the death penalty in any case. In other words, she is not willing to do her job. Therefore, she must leave herr job.
Upon her election, Ayala took an oath to protect and defend the U.S. and the Florida Constitutions. Ayala has made it clear that she has no intentions of faithfully fulfilling that oath. This makes her unqualied to properly prosecute this case or any other case when the death penalty may be justified.
Governor Rick Scott agrees and removed Ayala from the case and assigned it to State Attorney Brad King. Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran wants the governor to go even further and suspend Ayala for refusing to perform her duties. Section 17 of the Florida Constitution states that the governor may suspend a state attorney for “neglect of duty.” Certainly, Governor Scott and Speaker Corcoran are completely justified in their positions and are following the Florida Constitution.
The Florida Black Caucus has weighed in, claiming that Governor Scott would not have taken this action had Ayala been white. This is utter nonsense. Race has nothing to do with this situation. After all, Ayala, Loyd, Dixon (and her unborn child) and Clayton are all black.
This is not about race, this is about justice. Ayala has refused to step aside and is fighting the governor.
What’s really going on here? Aramis Ayala was elected state attorney in August 2016 to the Orlando based 9th Judicial Circuit. Ayala did not make her no death penalty for any case position clear during her campaign. That is intentional voter deception.
According to Federal Communications Commission records, Ayala’s campaign was heavily backed by Florida Safety and Justice, a PAC mostly funded by George Soros, who also funded the Black Lives Matter movement and its reign of terror, which led to the killing of both black and white police officers. Ayala is part of the Soros stable and her refusal to pursue the death penalty is an attempt to make a national statement.
This issue is important to the Panhandle and Florida to reverse the trend of lawlessness that has infected our nation over the last eight years. Governor Scott should take Speaker Corcorans’s suggestion by suspending Ayala and appointing another state attorney to serve the remainder of her term. Justice demands this action.
Mike Hill served as a Republican in the Florida House of Representatives from 2013-2016
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