A Florida prosecutor fired a double-barreled response to Gov. Rick Scott's efforts to take almost two-dozen criminal cases away from her after she said her office would no longer seek the death penalty. "If a governor can step in and replace the judgment of an elected prosecutor in Florida, then all prosecutors need to be concerned about prosecutorial discretion. After Ayala's announcement, Scott removed almost two dozen death-penalty cases from her office and re-assigned them to another prosecutor. When asked about Ayala on Tuesday, Scott said, "I just think every citizen deserves a state attorney that's going to fully prosecute cases."

Source: ABC News April 11, 2017 17:54 UTC