Scott PowersFebruary 20, 2019
3min265
The group graded senators on eight bills and representatives on seven.
Tag: Criminal justiceTALLAHASSEE, FLA. 4/18/25-Candles and remembrances are left near the Unconquered statue a few hours after the Florida State University Gathering of Unity Vigil held Friday to honor victims of the recent mass shooting.
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Scott PowersFebruary 20, 2019
Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 6, 2019
4min430
“We need to keep more nonviolent kids out of the criminal justice system."
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 31, 2019
7min687
A criminal justice overhaul is ready for lawmakers to review.
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 30, 2019
4min458
Florida's new Attorney General speaks on the Florida First Step Act.
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 23, 2019
3min444
Florida looks to follow the lead of the feds.
Danny McAuliffeNovember 29, 20184min471
Reported crimes and arrests are down and Florida has held fewer people behind bars in recent years. But forecasters working for the state aren’t expecting prison populations to continue to wane. Economists for the Criminal Justice Estimating Conference cited an uptick in drug crimes during the past four months as one cause for keeping the […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 25, 2018
4min263
Chris King, an entrepreneur from Orlando running for Governort, returned to Jacksonville Thursday, his second straight day in Northeast Florida. Florida Politics caught up with the Democrat ahead of his closed press visit to a church in the Springfield neighborhood, where the progressive political neophyte pitched his policy positions to faith leaders from the region. […]
Ana CeballosMarch 1, 2018
2min847
Private-prison giant GEO Group wants $4 million in taxpayer money to pay for correctional officers’ salaries at seven of its state-contracted facilities — but the House won’t budge. The House’s top criminal justice budget-writer, state Rep. Bill Hager, said his chamber has taken the stance to zero out the private prison’s request because the Florida-based […]
Ana CeballosJanuary 30, 2018
5min348
A proposal that would give judges discretion over drug trafficking mandatory minimum sentences advanced Tuesday after receiving strong pushback from a veteran Tallahassee lobbyist. “I don’t ever want to help a trafficker, no sir, and I don’t want to give a judge not one iota of an opportunity to go less on a trafficking sentence,” […]
Ana CeballosJanuary 15, 2018
4min229
A Senate panel on Tuesday will consider two measures that would provide more oversight to the state’s juvenile justice system, which is under scrutiny for its widespread use of unnecessary and excessive force on youth detainees. Sen. Jeff Brandes, a Pinellas County Republican who chairs a powerful criminal justice committee, is sponsoring both bills and […]