criminal justice

The Leon County Sheriff’s Office says the student arrived at school Thursday smelling like marijuana. So, school administrators searched his backpack.

They say passage of Amendment 3 would generate funding for state programs and prevent arrests

Mental health and substance abuse disorders contribute to the total

Duran was initially denied bail during his first court appearance.

Former deputy Eddie Duran faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of manslaughter with a firearm. Bond was set Thursday at $100,000.

More than 30 years after he murdered John Edwards, who was on a camping trip in the Ocala National Forest, Loran Cole was given a lethal injection Thursday evening.

An increase in mental health issues in jails and prisons often reflects what’s happening in a community

Reams has been found guilty of stealing more than $800,000 in public funds from the county.

38-year-old Eddie Duran is charged with manslaughter with a firearm in the death of 23-year-old Roger Fortson. It’s a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

Loran Cole is slated to be executed Thursday for the 1994 rape of a woman and the murder of her brother, Florida State University student John Edwards