Drew WilsonApril 9, 2019
4min449
“This is a huge step in the fight for Florida consumers and your right to genetic privacy."
Tag: DNA
Drew WilsonApril 9, 2019
Scott PowersDecember 5, 2017
2min349
State Rep. Jason Brodeur wants life insurance companies to keep their hands off customers DNA. Broder, a Sanford Republican, filed House Bill 855 Monday forbidding insurance companies from using genetic testing to assess risks for life insurance, for disability insurance, and long-term care insurance. There’s already a federal law keeping that information private, but Brodeur […]
Associated PressApril 6, 2017
1min828
Florida could put into law police lineup guidelines that the state’s top law enforcement agency developed six years ago. The Senate voted unanimously for a bill that would require law enforcement agencies to use the lineup standards to avoid eyewitness mistakes that could lead to wrongful convictions. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement encouraged agencies […]
Jim RosicaMarch 2, 2016
1min651
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday thanked lawmakers for moving legislation to speed up DNA testing for criminal cases, including what are commonly called rape kits. Such kits may include swabs of body surfaces and samples of bodily fluid for use in apprehending a suspect in a sexual assault or battery. The bill (SB 636) was passed […]
Guest AuthorDecember 28, 2015
7min190
If you pay attention to the news, you’d think Florida, the nation and the world are doomed. South Florida is falling into the sea. Disney World is installing metal detectors to thwart terrorists. Jeb!, the Donald, Ben and Marco – Florida’s presidential wannabes – are predicting that Islamic extremists soon will destroy the West. But […]
Guest AuthorDecember 27, 20157min296
If you pay attention to the news, you’d think Florida, the nation and the world are doomed. South Florida is falling into the sea. Disney World is installing metal detectors to thwart terrorists. Jeb!, the Donald, Ben and Marco – Florida’s presidential wannabes – are predicting that Islamic extremists soon will destroy the West. But […]
Associated PressNovember 18, 2015
1min154
Gov. Rick Scott is seeking $8.5 million to help process a backlog of nearly 11,000 untested rape kits. Scott announced his proposal in a news release Wednesday. The money would be used to upgrade Florida Department of Law Enforcement crime laboratories. It would be spent on lab equipment, DNA database upgrades and crime scene vehicles. […]
Martin DyckmanMay 21, 20157min267
Of all the differences between the major parties, one is particularly confounding. Why should Republicans appear to be nearly twice as bloodthirsty as Democrats? According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, overall support for the death penalty has fallen to 56 percent, down six points since 2011 and by 22 since 1996 when 78 […]