jury system

With backing from Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida lawmakers could scrap a requirement that unanimous jury recommendations are needed before death sentences can be imposed.

A bill seeking to increase the number of jurors in cases where the accused could face a life sentence is now beginning to move in both chambers of the…

Florida is one of just three states in the country that doesn’t require 12-person juries for a trial that could leave someone spending the rest of their…

Almost as soon as Tony Bennett stepped down as Florida’s education commissioner Thursday, the fallout began…in two different states. As Stan Jastrzebski…