Summary
A man in Florida, Harrel Braddy, originally sentenced to death in 2007 for the murder of a 5-year-old girl, may face a new sentencing due to changes in Florida’s death penalty laws. In 1998, Braddy was found guilty of throwing the child into waters with alligators. Recent legal shifts could lead to reconsideration of his death sentence.
Key Facts
- Harrel Braddy was convicted of murder in 2007 and sentenced to death.
- The crime involved the murder of a 5-year-old girl, Quatisha Maycock, and the attempted murder of her mother in 1998.
- Braddy threw Quatisha into alligator-infested water in the Everglades.
- Revisions in Florida's death penalty laws could allow for a new sentencing.
- A 2016 U.S. Supreme Court ruling deemed Florida's death penalty system unconstitutional as it did not require a jury's unanimous decision for the death sentence.
- Florida later changed the law to require a unanimous jury recommendation for a death sentence.
- As of 2023, Florida law allows for a death sentence recommendation with a 8-4 jury vote.
- Braddy's case is part of a trend of resentencing cases in Florida's Miami-Dade County.
