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Staff ReportsJune 29, 2017

The U.S. and state flags are at half-staff to honor the late Florida Supreme Court Justice Parker Lee McDonald. The body of McDonald, who died Saturday at the age of 93, lay in state Thursday in the rotunda of the Supreme Court building in Tallahassee. Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff “as a symbol of […]

Associated PressJune 25, 2017

A former Florida Supreme Court justice who wrote a decision that prevented lawyers from excluding jurors because of their race has died. Court spokesman Craig Waters announced that Parker Lee McDonald died Saturday at his home in Tallahassee. McDonald was 93. McDonald, who was born in Sebring, was appointed to the state Supreme Court in […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 11, 2014

The following commentary about Amendment 2 was signed by seven former justices of the Florida Supreme Court, including five who served as chief justice: Parker Lee McDonald, Leander J. Shaw Jr., Stephen H. Grimes, Major B. Harding, Charles T. Wells, Raoul G. Cantero III, and Kenneth B. Bell: As former Florida Supreme Court justices, we […]

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Flags at half-staff to honor the ‘Whistling Justice’

Former Florida Supreme Court justice dies at age 93

Former Florida justices: Why those who are both for and against medical marijuana oppose Amendment 2