When former Orange-Osceola prosecutor Aramis Ayala said she wouldn’t pursue the death penalty in any circumstance in 2017, then-Gov. Rick Scott moved 29 murder cases to a nearby circuit, and state lawmakers moved $1.3 million out of her budget to go toward the cost of the cases. Now, with all but 13 of the cases resolved, the Legislature is poised to return some of the money to Ayala’s successor, Monique Worrell.
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