Florida Issues

In Pinellas cases against a man of influence and a man of none, one is offered probation. By WILLIAM R. LEVESQUE Published June 18, 2007 Ivy...

Article published Jun 18, 2007 BY MABEL PEREZ STAR-BANNER LOWELL - The women's state prison in Lowell will soon have a new and imp...

Article published Jun 18, 2007 Man tried to kill himself by shoving ink pen into his eye with a Bible. BY MILLARD K. IVES STAR-BANNER OCALA ...

Trial date pushed back to February By Megan V. Winslow Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers June 16, 2007 West Palm Beach · Within two weeks th...

By Tonya Alanez South Florida Sun-Sentinel June 16, 2007 The Broward Sheriff's Office has paid $2.7 million in settlements and legal cos...

Broward Sheriff's Deputy Todd Fatta By Robert Nolin South Florida Sun-Sentinel June 14...

BY WANDA J. DeMARZO Kenneth Wilk -- convicted last week in the slaying of a Broward sheriff's deputy -- grew up in a typical middle-clas...

By Dave Pieklik A July 17 court date has been set to hear arguments about whether John Couey is mentally retarded, and, if not, to determine...

Yana Huss STAFF REPORT CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- The charge of manslaug...

By KENYA WOODARD Staff Writer PALM COAST -- A Flagler County man and woman charged with murdering a Daytona Beach grandmother will face a fi...

the associated press June 11, 2007 PALATKA · Authorities were investigating the fatal shooting of a pregnant corrections officer in her home...

By Nancy L. Othón Sun-Sentinel.com June 11, 2007, 12:00 PM EDT WEST PALM BEACH -- In front of his victim's family seated in a Palm Beach...

By Missy Diaz Sun-Sentinel.com June 11, 2007, 4:23 PM EDT WEST PALM BEACH -- A Wellington drug runner who tried hiring a hitman to kill his ...

Posted on Sat, Jun. 09, 2007 By DAN CHRISTENSEN Criminal defense lawyer Bill Matthewman is an ex-cop defending a cop killer. The irony isn...

By JIM SAUNDERS Tallahassee Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE -- Florida Supreme Court justices Thursday began considering whether Roy Lee McDuffie s...

The juvenile waved a gun at officers, authorities say. He was shot in the leg. April Hunt Sentinel Staff Writer June 8, 2007 An Eatonville p...

Meanwhile, Puerto Rico moves to tighten lax airline rules on firearms. Pedro Ruz Gutierrez and Jeannette Rivera-Lyles Sentinel Staff Writers...

BY WANDA J. DeMARZO Broward Sheriff's Deputy Todd Fatta, slain in the line of duty three years ago, was a loving son, uncle and brother,...

By SUSANNAH A. NESMITH Victor Caraballo got Thursday what he has been asking for -- a death sentence. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge William Thoma...

By Paula McMahon South Florida Sun-Sentinel June 6, 2007 The same jury that convicted Kenneth Wilk of first-degree murder on Tuesday will re...

Steven Johnson admits guilt, begs forgiveness Stephen Hudak Sentinel Staff Writer June 9, 2007 TAVARES -- Assailed as a remorseless liar who...

Willoughby Mariano Sentinel Staff Writer June 9, 2007 A Florida Hospital East health-care worker was arrested late Friday after a patient sa...

June 07, 2007 By PATRICIO G. BALONA Staff Writer DELAND -- An attorney representing the man convicted of murdering two clerks at a Dollar Ge...

by Kilian Melloy EDGE Boston Contributor Thursday Jun 7, 2007 A gay man from Fort Lauderdale may be the first to receive the death penalty i...

Article published Jun 6, 2007 By Stacy Jacobs DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER A Leon County jury has found that Alexander Murray is a sexually violent...

June 6, 2007 BY JIM ASH FLORIDA TODAY CAPITAL BUREAU TALLAHASSEE -- Convicted Brevard County murderer Crosley Green wants a new trial and th...

Filed under Research, Florida, Religion, Law on Tuesday, June 5, 2007. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Faith-based correctional programs for troubled ki...

Mark Weisenmiller TAMPA, Jun 5 (IPS) - Two newly-trained teams of executioners committed to the principle of "humane and dignified deat...