State Attorney Aramis Ayala removed from another case

Governor issues executive order after court's decision

ORLANDO, Fla. – Gov. Rick Scott has removed Orange-Osceola County State Attorney Aramis Ayala from another death penalty case. 

The Orlando Sentinel reports the governor signed an executive order Thursday after the Florida Supreme Court overturned the non-unanimous death sentence of Dane Abdool. 

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Abdool was convicted in 2008 of murdering his girlfriend, Amelia Sookedo, then setting her remains on fire. 

The decision means Abdool will have to be re-sentenced. It comes after the Florida Supreme Court ruled juries in death cases must be unanimous. 

Ayala has not commented on the latest removal. 

Scott recently removed Ayala from dozens of other death penalty cases after she said she would not seek the death penalty on any cases brought to her office. 

The office of State Attorney Brad King, which covers another district in Central Florida, will prosecute the cases. 


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