Wire ServicesJune 12, 2020
12min503
“How is a police officer on duty the victim of a crime, when he is engaging the suspect? It makes no sense to me.”
Tag: Marsy’s Law
Wire ServicesJune 12, 2020
Janelle Irwin TaylorApril 26, 2020
5min807
Andrew Warren talks victims' rights for National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
Ryan NicolApril 20, 2020
5min327
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week runs through Saturday, April 25
Scott PowersJuly 2, 2019
6min977
Victim had been excluded from man's plea deal
Guest AuthorApril 8, 2019
5min355
Marsy’s Law for Florida placed clear, enforceable rights and protections for crime victims into the state constitution.
Scott PowersFebruary 28, 2019
6min695
The bill spells out how officials will enable and enforce victims' rights.
Scott PowersJanuary 7, 20195min470
Voters’ overwhelming approval of Amendment 6 to put broad guarantees of crime victims’ rights into the Florida Constitution means the Florida Legislature has a lot of clarifying to do, from defining who notifies victims to what victims’ information might be shielded from public disclosure. At least that was the assessment of several representatives of stakeholders […]
Drew WilsonNovember 19, 2018
5min266
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney’s diverse client sheet helped the 10-member firm rake in an estimated $685,000 last quarter according to newly filed lobbying compensation reports. The Q3 team of Ivette O’Doski, Keith Arnold, Brett Bacot, Marnie George, Michael Harrell, Paul Hawkes, Jim Magill, Kimberly McGlynn, Timothy Stanfield and Mac Stipanovich juggled the needs of 53 […]
Scott PowersOctober 30, 2018
4min294
The group pushing to have crime victims’ rights detailed in the Florida Constitution through the Amendment 6 proposal is launching another round of four TV commercials featuring stories of crime victims and State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle of Miami-Dade County. In one of the commercials, Laura DeHarde, an abuse victim from Coral Springs, explains how […]
Drew WilsonOctober 29, 2018
6min298
A new statewide poll found Florida voters are in favor of the constitutional amendment restoring voting rights to felons who have done their time but aren’t so keen on adding a “crime victim bill of rights” to the state’s governing document. The St. Pete Polls survey found 60 percent of likely voters support Amendment 4, […]