Monday, July 27, 2009

BayCare sues Pinellas Sheriff Jim Coats for inmates' care costs

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By David DeCamp, Times Staff Writer Published Wednesday, May 20, 2009 CLEARWATER — Four local hospitals claim Pinellas County Sheriff Jim Co...

Suspended deputy had good evaluations

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By TOM BRENNAN The Tampa Tribune Spencer's personnel file showed a series of satisfactory evaluations with continuous merit raises sinc...

Florida housing record number of 'lifers' in prisons, study finds

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Florida housing record number of 'lifers' in prisons, study finds By STEVE BOUSQUET Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau Monday, July 27,...

Fort Lauderdale pen pal service owner sues state over right to reach prisoners

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By JAWEED KALEEM Miami Herald Staff Writer Wednesday, May 06, 2009 The Fort Lauderdale owner of a Christian pen pal service filed a federal ...

Judge warns of cost to imprison mentally ill as report pans Fla.

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By CHARLES ELMORE Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Florida will have to spend an estimated $3.6 billion to build new p...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Judge rules out new murder trial for Baker County woman

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A juror and the son of the woman on trial had a romance. MACCLENNY – A judge refused on Monday to grant a Baker County woman a new murder tr...

Officials: Cruse still unsuitable for execution

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Officials: Cruse still unsuitable for execution BY JOHN A. TORRES FLORIDA TODAY Nothing has changed regarding the mental status of death row...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

Fuder acquitted

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BY KATE MCCARDELL FLORIDAN STAFF WRITER Published: June 26, 2009 At approximately 5p.m. Thursday, a jury found Paul Eric Fuder not guilty of...

Roadside Camp for Miami Sex Offenders Leads to Lawsuit

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By DAMIEN CAVE MIAMI — They used to be invisible, the four or five convicted sex offenders camping out on the Julia Tuttle Causeway connecti...

Girard man's death homicide

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Tribune Chronicle The death of a 62-year-old Girard man, who died in March after a stay in Lee County Jail in Florida, is a homicide the cou...

$20K settlement reached in Naples jail suicide

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The Associated Press The daughter of an inmate who hanged himself in a southwest Florida jail has settled a lawsuit that alleged officials k...
Thursday, July 16, 2009

As More States Weigh Improving Lineups, New Innocence Project Report Shows Extent of the Problem and Effectiveness of Reform

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75% of wrongful convictions overturned with DNA testing involve eyewitness misidentification; 17 states in last two years have considered re...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009

TWO MORE DEATH ROW INMATES EXONERATED IN ILLINOIS AND FLORIDA

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PRESS RELEASE: CONTACT: Corinne Farrell July 13, 2009 Communications Director (202) 289-2275, cfarrell@deathpenaltyinfo.org Five Inmates Hav...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Florida Supreme Court opinion in Herman Lindsey

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Supreme Court of Florida No. SC07-1167 HERMAN LINDSEY, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. [July 9, 2009] PER CURIAM. Herman Lindsey...

Florida Supreme Court frees Death Row inmate in 1994 Broward murder

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Florida Supreme Court frees Death Row inmate in 1994 Broward murder http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1134309.html Herman ...
Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Ex-prison officer sentenced for pouring scalding water on inmate

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By Lise Fisher Staff writer Published: Monday, July 6, 2009 at 6:34 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, July 6, 2009 at 6:34 p.m. A former Florida S...
Saturday, July 4, 2009

Legal scholar Austin Sarat about the death penalty

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Legal scholar Austin Sarat writes, "State killing is part of a strategy of governance that makes us fearful and dependent on the illusi...
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Attorney To Justices: Richard Marek Not A Killer

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Jul 1, 2009 5:29 pm US/Eastern Attorney To Justices: Richard Marek Not A Killer TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) ― http://cbs4.com/local/richard.marek.Ade...
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Brady claims confirmed in 11 circuit in Derrick Smith

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Juan Melendez exonerated in Florida From the 11 circuit court opinion in Derrick Smith http://www.oranous.com/florida/DerrickSmith/Smith...

Florida Supreme Court hears case of condemned South Florida killer

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From Broward Circuit Court Florida Supreme Court hears case of condemned South Florida killer By Tonya Alanez South Florida Sun Sentinel 10...

The transcript from oral argument in John Marek

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http://johnmarek.us/legal/09-1080.htm The following is a real-time transcript taken as closed captioning during the oral argument proceeding...