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Aramis Ayala Should Do Her Job or Leave

March 29, 2017 - 1:00pm

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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I'm for SAVING the fetus/baby in the womb; BUT KILLING the murderer, EVERY TIME !

The voters elected her to be State Attorney -- not Rick Scott. This is (still) a democracy. She should exercise her judgment and if the voters disagree, they can remove her in the next election. Governor Mumbles has only accomplished one thing: by turning this into a Tallahassee political football, he has given Markeith Lloyd an issue on appeal.

The voters elected her to do her job! Had we known her stance she would not have been elected, but she kept that from us. A judge has already ruled that Governor Scott has the authority to remove her from the case, and now he needs to take the next step and suspend her so the House can remove her, as prescribed by law. That is what the voters in Circuit want!

Actually, you'd need the changes to the State Constitution, which provides the governor the authority to remove a prosecutor who won't do her job.

"TO DO A JOB" Not, ''her '' job. Her hubby's dealer is going to die because he's a multiple murderer. End of story.... and, end of career. Choices.

As a pro-life voter, I struggle with the issue of the death penalty, but as a State Attorney, elected to uphold the Constitution of the United States AND Florida, there can be NO struggle. It is your duty to seek the punishment justified by our Constitution, not just your will. The argument that "if the voters disagree they can remove her in the next election" is absolutely laughable. It's not "judgement" when you make a blanket statement that you will not seek the death penalty EVER - that is a policy that is beyond your authority to dictate. Voters have elected Republicans and Democrats, men and women with skin that is colored white, brown, black and yellow who have failed to do their job. And both Democrat and Republican governors have removed them from office. This issue is not about race, gender or political affiliation - at least it shouldn't be. Waiting for the next election doesn't provide justice to the three lives that were lost by the crime committed here. Florida has a constitution - it is time for this State Attorney to agree to uphold it or recuse herself from those cases that could involve the ultimate punishment. Fortunately, these cases are a small, small fraction of those that would come before her in her career. As a pro-life person who struggles with that issue, this is what I would do!

The voters elected her to be State Attorney -- not Rick Scott. This is (still) a democracy. She should exercise her judgment and if the voters disagree, they can remove her in the next election. Governor Mumbles has only accomplished one thing: by turning this into a Tallahassee political football, he has given Markeith Lloyd an issue on appeal.

I googled the statistics like was advised above, and it is true that they show the death penalty does not deter behavior; however, I believe that once we get this illegal immigrant thing under control, we will begin to see a difference in murder rates. This website gives a history--easy to browse--that was eye opening to me. I do believe that there are crimes--like serial killers--who must be given the death penalty. I also believe that those who are traitors or who hate our country and are capable of spreading their poison verbally should be kept in confinement away from the rest of the prison population.

PS: As a caveat to my earlier comment, I totally agree with the following, " 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."

States that practice the death penalty have higher murder rates -- google it. The state's participation in violence by means of the death penalty will always be a symptom and never be a solution. Ayala is applying the same wisdom that Yeshuah and many other advanced souls have taught. It is more effective in the long run but difficult for irrational people to understand. It is also more cost effective. If you put aside your emotional reactions and seek truth it will become clear. It means you should think like an intelligent adult rather than react like an angry child. Calm reasoned thought prevents violence and when it is pervasive enough in our culture it will restrain the state as well as the criminals.

Calm, reasoned thought did not prevent Markeith Loyd from killing three people. Statistics are not the be-all, end-all. The fact is that incarceration and the death penalty remove any chance of a repeat offense. That should be a factor, not whether or not death is a deterrent, symptom, etc. One common problem with the anti-death crowd is their tendency to condescend to those with whom they have no empathy and to attempt to deny the victims their own humanity. If there was life without any possibility of parole for capital murder, then we might look at revoking the death penalty. There isn't, so we shouldn't. Charles Manson has spent the last 47 years or so looking at the world from behind bars, yearning to be out every single day - the travesty is that he has had opportunities for release and nearly was once. If death is not fitting, than life inside certainly is. If he is convicted, Markeith Loyd should do the very same, without any chance that it he'd ever be free.

When you get elected to do a job, you do the job or resign. The Gov. should remove Ms Ayala from her position completely if she refuses to do her job.

Lets not parse words or get into semantics. Revenge works for me. Certainly, I don't think we should be forced to keep the SOB alive for 40 more years. If you have done something so horrible that there is no way any sane person would ever let you out of prison....why not just execute you? Be done with it. Pedophiles fall into this group. It is just how they are. Like the homosexuals. Just how they are. But if you are a pedophile...you WILL do it again. But not if you are dead. And lets get the screwy politicians to put an end to this horse manure of appeals that last 20 years. And then the judges who, in my uneducated, uninformed opinion are nothing more than scumbag lawyers that couldn't figure out how to steal in the real world.

Death penalties are not revenge. Death penalties are commanded justice. Exodus 21-24, lays out the Old Testament rules governing personal behavior. The passage reads, in the King James translation: "But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise."

Her job is to present the state's case to a judge and jury and let them make the decision on the guilt or innocence of the individual charged. She should have done the job for which she was elected. She did her constituents wrong by not doing her job. Death penalty arguments could have been saved for another case that was weaker and did not involved such a heinous crime. Gov. Scott APPEARS to have over stepped his authority because he interfered with the execution of an elected officials' job. The court has addressed it, but appearance is the coin of the realm. He is hoping that he will be seen as a law and order executive fit for D.C. Let's hope that the voters have a better memory.

Well said, Mr. Hill. Excellent objective journalism and that state attorney in Orlando should be suspended by Governor Scott. Floridians are not safe with this top prosecutor in the 9th Circuit refusing to enforce the laws of Florida and uphold the Oath of office. Jeff Ashton should replace her, he protected the people of the 9th Circuit and did his duty.

That's another point - If Ayala won't seek maximum punishment for the most serious crimes, what about those less serious?

Those are the facts.

All Death Penalties are for Revenge, not Justice.

Tell us - how many more murders has Ted Bundy committed since his execution?

Bologna!

That is an opinion, not a fact.

That's your opinion. Others, including myself, hold the opinion that some crimes are heinous enough to deserve the death penalty.

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