Danny McAuliffeOctober 5, 2023
6min0
'It would certainly reduce the number of individuals dying from gun violence.'
Tag: George ZimmermanMike Johnson. Image via AP.
Danny McAuliffeOctober 5, 2023
Associated PressFebruary 14, 2022
3min0
The judge wrote that Zimmerman had failed to show “any fraudulent representation” and any further arguments in the case would be futile.
Andrew MeachamApril 6, 2020
11min1110
"I decided I didn’t want to be a physicist. I wanted to be like Abraham Lincoln."
Joe HendersonDecember 8, 2019
5min386
We’re always on guard to praise the deserving and point out the unnerving.
Associated PressDecember 4, 2019
4min305
The lawsuit seeks $100 million, alleging malicious prosecution and conspiracy.
Scott PowersOctober 7, 2019
5min1158
Seeks a shot at Republican Jason Brodeur in the Seminole County-based district.
Jacob OglesSeptember 9, 2018
4min662
George Zimmerman, the Sanford man acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin, sent threatening text messages to Jay-Z and Beyoncé over the entertainers’ involvement in a documentary series about the 2012 shooting. Filmmakers behind “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story“, a six-part series that began airing on The Paramount Channel in July, spent a great deal […]
Associated PressJuly 4, 2017
3min272
A judge ruled Monday that Florida’s lawmakers overstepped their authority in updating the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law. In ruling the law unconstitutional, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch said Monday that the changes should have been crafted by the Florida Supreme Court instead of by the Legislature. The Miami Herald reports that the 14-page order is a […]
Brendan FarringtonMay 29, 20177min221
Lucy McBath is afraid many more people will die if Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs a bill making it harder to prosecute when people claim they commit violence in self-defense. She already lost her son, an unarmed black teenager, when a white man angry over loud music and claiming self-defense fired 10 times at an […]
Brendan FarringtonMarch 5, 20176min363
Florida’s “stand your ground” law, a source of contention for years, could soon provide even more protection to people who invoke it. Some lawmakers want to make prosecutors prove a defendant wasn’t acting in self-defense before proceeding to trial. Florida has been a leader in giving citizens immunity in cases of self-defense, with its “stand […]