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Brendan FarringtonMay 29, 2017

Lucy McBath is afraid many more people will die if Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs a bill making it harder to prosecute when people claim they commit violence in self-defense. She already lost her son, an unarmed black teenager, when a white man angry over loud music and claiming self-defense fired 10 times at an […]

Brendan FarringtonMarch 5, 2017

Florida’s “stand your ground” law, a source of contention for years, could soon provide even more protection to people who invoke it. Some lawmakers want to make prosecutors prove a defendant wasn’t acting in self-defense before proceeding to trial. Florida has been a leader in giving citizens immunity in cases of self-defense, with its “stand […]

Melissa RossJune 6, 2016

Michael Dunn, the man convicted in 2014 in the shooting death of unarmed black teen Jordan Davis of Jacksonville, will draw yet another protest this week. The group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) says it will protest outside the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. Dunn’s attorney is appealing the […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 24, 2015

The Jacksonville Young Democrats are going to make their presence known at Tuesday’s Jacksonville City Council meeting, addressing a variety of issues, including Mayor Lenny Curry‘s opposition to the Syrian refugee admission process, and the recent spate of threats and intimidation spurred by possible expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance. The JYDs assert that interested parties […]

Melissa RossNovember 23, 2015

Three years ago Monday on Nov. 23, 2012, – it was Black Friday that year – Michael Dunn, a 45-year-old white man, argued with a group of teenage friends at a Southside gas station in Jacksonville. Dunn was peeved about the volume of their hip-hop music . The altercation would turn violent. Dunn fired 10 […]

Melissa RossNovember 12, 2015

The HBO documentary film shot in Jacksonville that tells the story of the Jordan Davis shooting and the trial of Michael Dunn will screen on the Florida State University campus this weekend before it premieres on national television next week. In an e-blast, the group Generation Progress has announced the screening in cooperation with HBO, […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 19, 2015

The Florida Times-Union ran a piece on Wednesday afternoon detailing the grounds for the attorney for Michael Dunn appealing his murder conviction for the killing of Jordan Davis. Interestingly, my own journalism figured into the appeal. One of the grounds for appeal: a juror was removed from the trial because he made a joke about prosecuting attorney Angela Corey. […]

Melissa RossJuly 27, 2015

Northeast Florida State Attorney candidate Wes White says the issue of untested rape kits in Florida’s Fourth Circuit runs far deeper than his many beefs with Angela Corey. “I think we live in a country where it requires 35 women to bring a claim against someone like Bill Cosby before law enforcement officials will pay […]

Melissa RossJune 5, 2015

Even though the election isn’t until November 2016, the prognosticating around North Florida is already well underway as State Attorney Angela Corey files for a third term representing Clay, Duval and Nassau counties in the state’s 4th Circuit. The two questions political observers have are these: Can the other filed candidate, former Assistant State Attorney Wes White, […]

Melissa RossMarch 30, 2015

The man hoping to unseat State Attorney Angela Corey says he’s doing it to restore public confidence in the leadership of Florida’s Fourth Circuit. “Prosecutors have to work in the court of public opinion as well as the courtroom,” says challenger Wes White. “And right now the state attorney’s office has failed largely in the […]

Tag: Michael Dunn

Florida could pave new changes in ‘stand your ground’ laws

State could flip burden of proving ‘Stand Your Ground’

Protestors to rally outside Michael Dunn appeal hearing in Tallahassee

Jax Young Dems at Jacksonville City Council meeting Tuesday

HBO film “3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets” debuts Monday with story of Jax teen Jordan Davis

Email insights: HBO to screen ” 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets” at FSU

Michael Dunn appeal not a surprise, but Wes White thinks it lacks legs

Wes White: Untested rape kits flap shows violence against women not taken seriously

Angela Corey’s re-election campaign takes shape

Wes White: Angela Corey has “failed” in the court of public opinion