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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]