juvenile sentencing

A quartet of Tallahassee law students has been advocating two changes to Florida’s Constitution. The Constitution Revision Commission is now weighing…

A measure seeking to revamp the state’s juvenile life sentencing laws passed the full House Tuesday.For several years, Florida lawmakers have struggled…

The House Judiciary Committee passed a handful of measures Thursday aimed at helping kids, all of which are now headed to the floor. They range from a…

Two U.S. Supreme Court cases in the past four years have undercut states’ ability to sentence juveniles to life without parole. Representative James Grant…

More than 200 Floridians serving life in prison for crimes they committed as minors could get new sentencing hearings, depending on how the state Supreme…

Based on two separate Supreme Court decisions, state lawmakers are now tasked with reforming Florida’s juvenile sentencing laws. But, the Senate’s latest…

A bill aimed at giving Floridians access to a type of medical marijuana that doesn’t get people high advanced past its first House committee with…

Florida lawmakers say they’re not giving up on a failed effort to address juvenile sentencing reform. They’re responding to two U.S. Supreme Court…

A panel of Florida lawmakers moved several bills forward Wednesday attempting to address certain hot-button issues within the state’s criminal justice…

Florida’s 2013 lawmaking session is slowly fading into the mists of history. But although lawmakers may have finished their work, some of what they did or…