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Governor Rick Scott has signed a bill into law aimed at getting more murder witnesses to come forward. Rep. Cynthia Stafford (D-Miami)—the bill’s House…
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For the first time in two decades, the Republican-led Florida Senate is getting its first black Democratic criminal justice chair. It's a former state…
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The House’s prison reform package is now on its way back to the Senate for approval, before it can head to the Governor’s desk for the final OK.For about…
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As the Florida Senate began to consider an omnibus bill to reform Florida’s troubled prison system, a Florida House committee has now also started to look…
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A comprehensive prison reform package is now headed to the Senate, but is the House getting ready to start making its own move to reform Florida’s…
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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…
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A huge goal of Florida lawmakers this year is to crack down on sexual predators who prey on children and the disabled. A couple of Senate panels earlier…