Woman said she would not seek death penalty against anyone

© Provided by Mediaite, LLC Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced she would not seek the death penalty in any cases.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday took away 21 more first-degree murder cases from Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala because she refuses to seek the death penalty.

All of them will be handled by State Attorney Brad King, who serves Lake, Marion and three other counties.

The move comes three weeks after Scott removed Ayala from the case of accused cop killer Markeith Loyd, following a dramatic public announcement.

On March 16 Ayala had stepped to a podium in front of the Orange County Courthouse and said she would not seek the death penalty against Loyd or anyone else.

A few hours later, he phoned her, asking her to step back from that case, but she refused. Later that day, he signed an executive order, naming King special prosecutor.

That decision made Ayala a darling of death penalty opponents but set off both pro- and anti-Ayala demonstrations in Orlando and Tallahassee.

According to the News, GOP state Rep. Scott Plakon has urged members of the Florida House to slash Ayala's budget because of her position on the death penalty.