Jacob OglesJuly 10, 2020
8min1446
Robert Burns faced criminal charges in three states before consulting of House campaign.
Tag: rapeTALLAHASSEE, FLA. 4/18/25-Candles and remembrances are left near the Unconquered statue a few hours after the Florida State University Gathering of Unity Vigil held Friday to honor victims of the recent mass shooting.
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Jacob OglesJuly 10, 2020
Scott PowersDecember 3, 2019
7min580
The four, falsely accused of rape in 1949, were pardoned in January.
Ryan NicolNovember 18, 2019
5min671
Former Palm Beach State Attorney Barry Krischer led that office when Epstein originally faced charges.
Ryan NicolJuly 30, 20194min445
Epstein has since been indicted on charges that could net him 45 years in prison.
Ryan NicolJuly 10, 20195min493
"I was terrified, and I was telling him to stop."
Scott PowersFebruary 11, 20193min596
Victims under 18 can pursue sexual battery charges at any time, under the bill.
Scott PowersDecember 19, 2018
6min560
Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio called for the Florida Cabinet to provide an action of posthumous justice for the Groveland Four during a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate Tuesday night, declaring, “It is time to do the right thing for the Groveland Four!” Rubio’s comments brought to the U.S. Capitol the case of […]
Scott PowersDecember 6, 2018
5min860
Citing the chilling national revelations about sexual assault cases involving Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein and a case involving an Orlando woman, state Sen. Linda Stewart filed a bill Thursday to remove the statute of limitations in cases involving alleged rapes of children under 18. “Many young sexual battery victims do not come forward when they are first […]
Scott PowersSeptember 10, 2018
14min295
In 2017 the Florida Legislature acknowledged and apologized for one of Florida’s ugliest recorded events of 20th-century racism. Yet barring a late surprise it would be left to the next state government to address the Groveland Four, and all four Democratic Florida Cabinet nominees pledged they would move swiftly, if elected, to issue long-sought pardons. […]
Larry GriffinJanuary 25, 2017
2min202
The Senate Subcommittee on Civil and Criminal Justice heard an update Wednesday on the number of sexual assault kits that were previously untested and are now no longer, learning that over 2,000 cases had now been analyzed. The issue with sexual assault kits is that, for many years, a lot of them were put into […]