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Jim RosicaAugust 16, 2018
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Incarceration isn’t supposed to be a birthright, but it’s as though it has become one for Alan Crotzer. The St. Petersburg native became a cause célèbre when, in January 2006, DNA evidence led to his exoneration of robbery and rape charges after 24 years in prison. Now, records show Crotzer — who had moved to Tallahassee after leaving prison […]

Associated PressApril 6, 2017
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Florida could put into law police lineup guidelines that the state’s top law enforcement agency developed six years ago. The Senate voted unanimously for a bill that would require law enforcement agencies to use the lineup standards to avoid eyewitness mistakes that could lead to wrongful convictions. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement encouraged agencies […]


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