State Attorney

Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson has started the process that could lead to senators considering the fate of suspended State Attorney Andrew Warren.

Florida lawmakers are working to create a centralized location for criminal justice data statewide. As the head of the Judiciary Committee, Rep. Chris…

About $5 million separates the Florida House and Senate’s criminal justice budget. But, while there are some differences, there are areas where both…

Duval County Democrat Audrey Gibson is pushing a measure that would make state attorney and public defender non-partisan offices. The Jacksonville Senator…

A bill building on past reforms to Florida’s prison system is continuing to take shape.Months ago, members of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee had…

The state’s court system will be a top priority next year in Florida’s criminal justice budget. That’s what a group of Florida lawmakers have vowed to…

More than a third of the nation’s death sentences were given out in just 1 percent of counties last year —and three of the top-sentencing districts are in…

It’s the second time Broward Democrat James Waldman has filed a bill allowing the state to pay for its public defenders and state attorney’s student loan…

If you can’t afford a lawyer in Florida, as in the rest of the country, you get assigned one – often a public defender. But when public defenders go up…

A little less than ten weeks ago, 8-year old Cherish Perrywinkle’s abduction and death at the hands of registered sexual predator Donald Smith made…