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Associated PressJune 29, 2017

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The Florida Supreme Court is ordering new sentencing hearings for four inmates currently on the state’s death row, including one of three women residing there. The high court on Thursday threw out the sentences because a jury did not unanimously recommend the death penalty in the cases. The Court ruled last year that death sentences […]

Jim RosicaJuly 20, 2016

Marlena Woods said she stole food from a Jacksonville Wal-Mart only because “she and her four children were homeless and living in the woods, and she (needed) to feed her children and herself.” But an appellate court panel on Wednesday nonetheless upheld her 18-month prison sentence for the shoplifting charge. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 13, 2016

On Friday, Rep. Corrine Brown and Chief of Staff Elias Simmons plead not guilty to 24 federal counts related to One Door for Education. The charity, which allegedly was used as a slush fund by Brown instead of actually benefiting education, has been reported on widely in the press, especially regarding transactions that involved money being taken […]

Guest AuthorDecember 11, 2014

Across the country, policymakers are grappling with the phenomenon of “disruption.” Disruption refers generally to the process whereby some new technology or innovation “disrupts” a long-standing industry and its attendant regulatory environment, threatening market incumbents. Today, we see disruption most overtly in two areas: education and transportation. In education, new organizational structures, new teaching methods, […]

Dominic CalabroNovember 12, 2013

Crime rates in Florida are at historically low levels, yet the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) wants to reopen up to nine correctional facilities that were closed just last year. Recently, the state Criminal Justice Estimating Conference projected an increase of nearly 2,000 prisoners in Florida by next year, even as crime rates continue to […]

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Florida Supreme Court throws out 4 death sentences

1st DCA upholds homeless mother’s prison sentence for stealing food

Feds link Carla Wiley case to Corrine Brown

Gregory Newburn: Like transportation and education, the criminal justice system is ripe for ‘disruption’

Dominic Calabro: Revisit sentencing laws before opening new prisons