Florida jurisdictions working to impose harsher penalties for career criminals
$3 million South Florida settlement won on obscure law.
Calls with law enforcement can be recorded without their consent
Criminal defendants could be held without bail more easily if new senate bill passes.
A new initiative announced by State Attorney Andrew Bain would create a Violent Crimes Unit to overcome burden of trying to get violent crimes cases through the court system.
Florida’s ban on felon gun ownership challenged
Pinellas Mental Health Court offers defendants a second chance
New Law enhances penalties for threatening court personnel. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed HB 67, a bill that makes it a crime to threaten a justice, judicial assistant, and other court personnel with death or “serious bodily injury.”
Florida man gets 30 years for distracted driving case that killed 9 year old boy.