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Justice James E.C. Perry on Thursday rendered a blistering analysis of the manner in which the death penalty is carried out in Florida.
Read More »Florida May Let Some Death Row Inmates Avoid Executions
More than half of Florida's inmates sentenced to death may avoid execution under a far-reaching ruling handed down by the state's Supreme Court.
Read More »Scott Taps Conservative Lawson For Supreme Court
Gov. Rick Scott on Friday selected C. Alan Lawson, chief judge of the Daytona Beach-based 5th District Court of Appeal, to replace Justice James E.C. Perry, who is retiring.
Read More »Federal Judge Asked To Block Part Of Florida Abortion Law
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida filed a lawsuit late Monday challenging a Florida law that the ACLU contends violates constitutional rights by requiring groups to register with the state and pay a fee if they advise or help women seek abortions.
Read More »Florida Supreme Court Won’t Invalidate Solar Ballot Question
The Florida Supreme Court rejected a request Friday to invalidate proposed constitutional Amendment 1.
Read More »Lawyers For Death Row Inmate Fire Back At Bondi
Lawyers for a Death Row inmate Larry Darnell Perry are blasting Attorney General Pam Bondi's request that the Florida Supreme Court clarify a decision that struck down a new law because it did not require unanimous jury recommendations in death-penalty cases.
Read More »Critics Ask Florida Supreme Court To Block Solar Amendment
A motion to block the controversial solar amendment on this year's ballot was filed Wednesday by attorneys for the Florida Solar Energy Industries Association and Floridians for Solar Choice, which are opposed to Amendment 1, citing that the proposal is misleading.
Read More »Court Hears Arguments On Fla.’s 24-Hour Abortion Waiting Period
The Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott approved the waiting period last year after heavy debate and quickly faced a legal challenge filed by the ACLU on behalf of Bread and Roses Women's Health Center in Gainesville and Medical Students for Choice.
Read More »Amendment 1 Language On Florida’s Ballot Is Causing Confusion
For some voters, the language of Amendment One on the ballot regarding solar energy is causing confusion.
Read More »Justices Overturn Decades-Old Death Sentence
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new trial for a convicted killer who has spent more than four decades on Death Row for a racially charged murder during civil unrest in the Jacksonville area. The unanimous decision — a rarity in death penalty cases in which convictions are …
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