Fresh Take FloridaFebruary 27, 2024
9min0
'This is a real public safety effort to make sure we protect people.'
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Fresh Take FloridaFebruary 27, 2024
Jesse SchecknerApril 19, 2023
6min0
Miami-Dade has a troubled past with Sheriffs.
Jesse SchecknerMarch 9, 2023
5min0
The plan is to deplatform students — while they’re in class.
Staff ReportsApril 12, 2018
4min411
The Florida Smart Justice Alliance on Tuesday endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment that would create a crime victims’ bill of rights, according to a press release. The proposal (P6001), also known as “Marsy’s Law for Florida,” is one of 12 amendments that will be considered by the Florida Constitution Revision Commission when it reconvenes next Monday […]
Peter SchorschDecember 16, 2015
5min371
Florida’s Department of Corrections has had a difficult past few years, with allegations of widespread abuse, neglect, torture and death of inmates under Its watch. Brandishing a list of suspected violations both criminal and civil rights, a coalition of 14 human rights groups is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the DOC. […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 14, 2015
8min966
A Tallahassee-based advocacy group led by veteran lobbyist Barney Bishop has had a mass exodus of board members in recent weeks, including one who accused Bishop of being motivated by “self-aggrandizement and personal gain.” As of Monday, group founder and former chairwoman Lori Costantino-Brown and members Pamela Alvarez, Catherine Craig-Myers, Jim DeBeaugrine and Mary Lynn Ulrey had all turned […]
Peter SchorschJuly 11, 20137min144
A great risk in setting public policy is the tendency to overreact to an instance of bad luck or poor judgment that results in a media onslaught. Too often, poor policy is forced on the entire public as a result. Right now Florida’s criminal justice policymakers must take care to avoid such a mistake, one […]