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• LIFE = 20 YEARS UNDER SB 1744

  April 10, 2017

  Florida Senate - 2017 SB 1744 By Senator Rouson Tallahassee Office 212 Senate Office Building 404 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 (850) 487-5019 19-01506-17                                                            …

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• ORLANDO SENATOR FILES BILL TO BRING BACK DEATH PENALTY

  January 10, 2017

  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…

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• MARISSA ALEXANDER NOW

  December 24, 2016

  Wondering what Marissa Alexander is doing NOW?  She's fighting and she's only just begun. Introducing: The Marissa Alexander Justice Project. Why I created this organization: I am the Lord’s servant. May your word to me be fulfilled….. The Mission of the MAJP is to provide services that promote the collaboration of broader movements of social justice and…

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• FL DEPT. OF CORR. ESSENTIALS: LIE DETECTORS, BODY CAMERAS AND NO DEAD ZONES

  May 07, 2015

  Courtesy First Coast News Miami Herald EDT May 5, 2015  Victim Shurick Lewis, 41.   (Photo: FDLE)                                           LAKE CITY, Fla. -- Two corrections officers were arrested after allegedly dragging an inmate to a secluded area…

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• DEMISE OF SB 7020 – HOPE LOST FOR INMATE PROTECTION

  April 29, 2015

  Prison reform compromise among the dead bills on session floor Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, April 28, 2015 7:44pm By Mary Ellen Klas and Michael Auslen As the session melted down on Tuesday, Senate President Andy Gardiner announced that the prison reform compromise -- which featured the Senate agreeing to withdraw from its…

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• FLORIDA Lawmakers To Consider Expunging Juvenile Records HB 205

  March 10, 2015

  February 27, 2015 8:19 PM Courtesy CBS Miami TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – As Florida’s legislative session gets underway next week, some lawmakers are calling for measures to help teens move on after paying their dues in the juvenile-justice system. Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach, joined children’s advocates on Thursday in Jacksonville, saying he would support efforts…

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• FLORIDA JUSTICE IMPACT PROJECT

  February 13, 2015

  The Florida Justice Impact Project (FJIP), sponsored by Forgotten Majority, Inc., is slated to open its doors July 1, 2015 in Jacksonville, Florida. This legal enterprise will offer Criminal Defense services to local residents who are economically disadvantaged, as determined by Federal Poverty Guidelines.  In addition, they will respond to reports of inmate abuses and follow…

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• FLORIDA OFFENDER EXIT INTERVIEWS

  January 31, 2015

  This voluntary interview is being sent to offenders who are within 30 days of release from the Florida Department of Corrections to be completed and mailed back to Forgotten Majority.  The purpose of this interview is to capture their experience as an ex-inmate of Florida’s Prison System.  They are being asked to identify trouble spots…

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• Julie Jones appointed as Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections

  January 06, 2015

  Governor Rick Scott Announces the Appointment of Julie Jones as DOC Secretary On December 10, 2014, in News Releases, by Governor's Press Office Governor Rick Scott today announced the appointment of Julie Jones as Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, effective January 5th, 2015. Governor Rick Scott said, “Julie Jones has had a distinguished career…

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• GLOBAL TEL LINK, SECURUS AND JPAY’S BEST KEPT SECRET

  January 01, 2015

  Want to know how you can pocket the astronomical fees you’re paying these companies to connect you to your loved one and add funds to the canteen account?  This has been a best kept secret - but not for long. In addition to the connection fee and per minute fee for a 15 minute pre-paid…

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