Jim RosicaSeptember 5, 2019
15min1275
"...Drove me mad by insisting on strictly observing speed limits."
Tag: judicial vacanciesHomicide counts between 2020 and 2024 in Miami-Dade (A), and firearm-related homicide counts over the same span for 80 ZIP codes in the (B). ZIP code 33147, which researchers said has had the highest rate of homicides, historically, dropped to the 10th ranking overall in 2024. Image via Scaling Safety.
Jim RosicaSeptember 5, 2019
Michael MolineJuly 26, 2018
5min260
A state appellate court, for the second time in four years, has upheld Gov. Rick Scott’s authority to fill a judicial seat left vacant when a judge resigned before qualifying opened to fill the slot via election. The 1st District Court of Appeal had ruled in the same way against the same appellant, Jacksonville attorney […]
Jim RosicaAugust 11, 2016
4min291
Lingering judicial vacancies aren’t causing a crisis in Florida’s federal courts — yet. That’s the upshot of a new study out Thursday from Integrity Florida, a government watchdog group. The state has four* unfilled U.S. district judgeships out of 37. That’s only an 11 percent vacancy here, which tracks with 10 percent of the nation’s 677 district […]