A death can start with a sneeze. A small cut, then an infection, then sepsis, then death.
Senate Bill 23-00233B-23 will restrict the ability of the defense to take depositions in domestic violence cases (because as we all know, disgruntled spouses do not make false accusations of domestic violence to use as leverage in divorce proceedings) and in sexual battery cases, because as we all know, complaining witnesses in sexual assault cases can always identify their assailant- exoneration by DNA is virtually unheard of in these cases, and again, disgruntled girlfriends/boyfriends never ever ever have a motive to make up an allegation of sexual assault.
Just ask the members of the 2006 Duke Lacrosse team if so-called victims ever make up sexual assault accusations, and whether prosecutors are complicit in such skullduggery,
So the Florida senate, knowing that in these cases that if there’s smoke- there’s fire, and that wrong accusations are never made, has now introduced a law to restrict depositions of such complainants in CRIMINAL CASES and NOT IN CIVIL CASES, because as we all know, a person will never make a wrong accusation of sexual assault in criminal cases, but those devious victims make up #metoo allegations all day long to cheat poor, honest, struggling insurance companies.
What this means, is that there is a new wave of anti-defendant and anti-defense bills washing up on the beaches of Florida, and the courthouses that line our shores. Death penalty cases will no longer have to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Defense lawyers will face disbarment “for trying to defend murderers” (see e,g. State v. Nicholas Cruz), and depositions are a needless waste of time because if he/she said it, and the police believe it, then the defendant did it, and let’s move on to execution, because as we all know….(all together now) the VICTIM WANTS THE MAX!
Goodbye depos. It wasn’t really fun while it lasted, but every now and then a good depo helped us a bit.