20 July 2017 :

A Florida trial court vacated the death sentence imposed in Sarasota on Joseph Smith, marking the 100th death sentence overturned in the state as a result of the Florida Supreme Court's ruling in Hurst v. State that non-unanimous death sentences violated the Florida constitution and the Sixth Amendment. Two jurors voted for life in Smith's case. Smith, 51, White, was convicted of abducting, raping and killing 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, received the death penalty today in a Sarasota court. A car wash surveillance camera captured the abduction of Carlie on Feb. 1, 2004, sparking an intensive search and garnering national attention. Her body was found 5 days later and police charged then 37-year-old Smith, who many recognized from the abduction video. He was sentenced to death by a 10-2 vote on March 13, 2006.