Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis moved to impeach an activist judge for releasing a convicted felon who then killed his stepdaughter while out on bond.
Judge Tiffany Baker-Carper presided over Daniel Spencer’s case in April 2025. Spencer was convicted of traveling to engage in unlawful sexual conduct with a child.
Despite warnings that Spencer was a danger to the public, Judge Baker-Carper allowed him to remain free on bond while awaiting sentencing.
While out on bond, Spencer killed his 5-year-old stepdaughter, Missy Mogle, in Tallahassee.
Spencer and Missy’s mother, Chloe Spencer, both face murder, abuse and child neglect charges. They are accused of killing the child by asphyxiation.
On Tuesday, Gov. DeSantis signed Missy’s Law, which bans judges from releasing violent offenders while awaiting sentencing.
DeSantis also called for the House to impeach Judge Baker-Carper.
“This is an outrage,” DeSantis said after signing Missy’s Law. “This should be such an easy call to make sure that this guy was put behind bars, and this judge refused to do it.”
DeSantis said Missy’s murder was “Totally preventable, a miscarriage of justice, a dereliction of judicial duty.”
“We live in a time where some people just don’t get it, and that includes some of these judges who just don’t want to hold these people accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” DeSantis said.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier also called for the impeachment of Judge Baker-Carper.
“Judge Baker-Carper’s decision that allowed Spencer, a convicted child predator, to remain on bond is why Missy is dead today,” Uthmeier wrote: “This decision wasn’t just disgraceful, reckless, and unthinkable; it rises to the level of a ‘misdemeanor in office.'”
Uthmeier said Missy’s law will prevent social activist judges like Baker-Carper from grossly abusing “their discretion by inexplicably refusing to take custody of convicted child sex predators, allowing them to continue preying on our children.”
“Judge Baker-Carper’s actions brought disrepute upon the judiciary,” Uthmeier continued. “But despite the obvious danger and warnings, Judge Baker-Carper let Spencer remain free, causing the untimely, violent murder of Missy.”
Missy’s law goes into effect in Florida on July 1, 2026.
? BREAKING: Governor DeSantis is calling for the IMMEDIATE IMPEACHMENT of Judge Tiffany Baker.
Judge Baker released a child rapist who was a KNOWN danger to society.
While out on bail, the rapist tortured and killed a 5 year old little girl.
Should she be impeached? pic.twitter.com/BsURnRA3sA
— Patriot??Newswire (@NewswirePatriot) March 31, 2026
