Forgotten Majority

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Category: Florida Supreme Court

  • SIGN THE PETITION AND JOIN THE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT NOW TO RESTORE VOTING RIGHTS TO FLORIDA FELONS

    Courtesy:  Kira Lerner:  klerner@thinkprogress.org Political Reporter at ThinkProgress. Florida voters could restore voting rights   to almost 2 million felons in 2018! Petition Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7gsgDLdRJScVW5QbzAzeG1OTjA/view Get involved and help get the signatures required to put the constitutional amendment on the 2018 ballot.  Follow the link to find out how to create a petition gathering group in your […]

  • ORLANDO SENATOR FILES BILL TO BRING BACK DEATH PENALTY

    Gray Rohrer:  Contact Reporter Tallahassee Bureau January 6, 2017 In 2016, only five states in America continued to execute people. Florida was one of them. And now the United States Supreme Court said that was wrong. TALLAHASSEE — Hoping to reinstate the death penalty in Florida, a Democratic state senator from Orlando filed a bill […]

  • FLORIDA SUPREME COURT DECISION: ATWELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA

    May 26, 2016 Article Courtesy: Moritz Law/Sentencing Law and Policy Justice Barbara J. Pariente         Chief Justice Jorge Labarga              Justice R. Fred Lewis Justice Ricky Polston   Justice Peggy A. Quince   Justice Charles T. Canady    Justice James E.C. Perry Split Florida Supreme Court finds […]

  • FLORIDA DEATH SENTENCING CASE UNCONSTITUTIONAL

    By Michael Martinez, CNN Updated 5:05 PM ET, Tue January 12, 2016 (CNN)The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the process used to condemn a Florida death row inmate was unconstitutional because a judge rather than a jury was the final arbiter of fact in sentencing, opening the door to further challenges in death […]