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Nearly two dozen men questioned Attorney General Ashley Moody’s staff about a program that will compensate them for brutality they endured at two notorious reform schools.
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Men who suffered abuse decades ago at two former state reform schools have been coming to the Florida Capitol for 16 years seeking restitution. They may finally succeed this year.
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The Senate is expected to pass the bill in the coming days. It would set up a process for victims who were abused by school personnel decades ago to apply for compensation.
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House and Senate committees this week considered proposals that would allow the death penalty for anyone who sexually batters a child under the age of 12.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis said he doesn’t think the current U.S. Supreme Court would uphold the 2008 decision ruling that barred the death penalty in rape cases.
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The goal is to collect 500 bears and other stuffed animals in the course of the month.
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A bill to compensate victims of the Dozier and Okeechobee reform schools passed its first Senate committee meeting.
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The bill (SB 288), filed by Sen. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, would create a certification process for victims of abuse at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna and the Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee.
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The move from keeping troubled families intact to placing the children in foster homes hasn't worked as advocates had hoped.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis, First Lady Casey DeSantis and child-welfare advocates are warning about the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is taking on some families.