The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected two challenges to a 2023 law that allows judges to impose death sentences without unanimous jury recommendations.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's Supreme Court has upheld a state law allowing nonunanimous juries to sentence people to death, cementing the lowest bar in the country for death sentences at a time when the state is driving a national increase in executions.

Nick Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, prosecutors say. Under California law, that makes him eligible for the death penalty.

The two first-degree murder counts include a special circumstance, which increases the maximum punishment if he is convicted.

Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, a case that could carry the death penalty, which has not been used in California for nearly two decades

Nick Reiner may face the death penalty if he is convicted of murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, but he would not necessarily be executed

The state intends to seek the death penalty for Lemar Beasley, who was indicted in the stabbing death of a woman in November.

Ramey pleaded guilty to her role in the crime and became a key witness for the state. She testified that Lyons admitted to her that he’d killed both victims. The other man, identified in court as Lyons’ nephew, was never charged and has since died.