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Stories about death row appeals and states considering ending the death penalty get plenty of attention in the media, but it should not take a life or death situation for people to care about protecting the rights of the accused.A wrongful conviction can change a...
A Florida circuit court judge has agreed to hear a post-conviction relief motion filed on behalf of Randall Holcombe, a man who was sentenced to four years of prison on a racketeering and grand theft conviction.The reason? The jury was fast asleep. Let us...
WFTV9 recently had a story that detailed a "sex offender city" in Pahokee, FL that provides a place of residence for released sex offenders who would otherwise have nowhere to go. While it's great that someone is finding solutions to prevent homelessness for people...
One of the goals of a criminal defense attorney is to make sure that a criminal case with inadequate evidence to support is dismissed either before it gets to trial or early on in the process. A doctor from Panama City who was arrested for possession of cocaine back...
A Florida appeals court has squashed a lawsuit brought forth by a group of Floridians who were impacted by the Costa Concordia shipwreck off the coast of Italy in 2012.This goes to show just how difficult the appeals process can be, even when the facts seemingly point...
According to the Washington Post, a former University of Tennessee football player has been charged with a sex crime in Florida:"Mack Crowder, who played in 11 games as an offensive lineman for the University of Tennessee football team last season, was arrested in...
Last time, we mentioned a bill that aims to impose stricter penalties on those convicted of unemployment benefit fraud. As we noted last time, unemployment benefits fraud is characterized by knowingly making false statements or failing to disclose material facts to...
Lawmakers in the Florida House of Representatives are reportedly working on passing a bill that would address weaknesses in the current law addressing unemployment compensation fraud. The bill, which has been unanimously passed by the House Economic Development and...
Last time, we began speaking about proof of intent in criminal cases, noting that intent can be categorized different ways, that different criminal statutes present different requirements in terms of specific intent, and that often prosecutors need to turn to...
Last time, we mentioned a bill currently under consideration by Florida lawmakers which would lower the mens rea, or criminal intent, requirement in public corruption cases. Intent is an important issue in criminal cases, and prosecutors would, of course, naturally...
