Associated PressAugust 25, 2020
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Protests turn violent over police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha .
Tag: justice reform
Associated PressAugust 25, 2020
Drew WilsonNovember 6, 2018
7min515
Florida voters had to fight back some “ballot fatigue” Tuesday, with no less than a dozen amendments following the razzle dazzle races for Governor and U.S. Senate getting people to the polls in record numbers for a midterm election. Some of those amendments have hogged the spotlight, none more so than Amendment 4, which would […]
Drew WilsonOctober 23, 2017
7min451
Speaking to a Senate panel Monday, Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Christina Daly didn’t address many specifics from “Fight Club,” a Miami Herald series detailing a dozen deaths of youths in DJJ custody. But Daly did discuss reforms in place at the department to curb a repeat of those incidents. “I’m not here to deny, defend […]
Scott PowersAugust 15, 2017
6min819
Orlando’s State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced Tuesday she has reformed a key juvenile justice policy in Orange County so that juveniles who are subjects of police reports inquiring about criminal charges, yet who are neither arrested nor ultimately charged, will not have criminal court records. Such cases involve situations where law enforcement officers decide they […]