Joe Harris Sullivan was 13 in 1989 when he committed the crime that would put him away for life without possibility of parole: He raped an elderly woman. He had committed 17 other crimes in the two years before the brutal attack and his trial as an adult. ...more

November 16, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist gets his chance to appoint two more justices to the Florida Supreme Court, with one justice making his retirement official Monday. ...more

November 18, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist will have a chance to appoint a third person to the Florida Supreme Court, after the announcement today that Justice Charles T. Wells will retire. ...more

November 17, 2008

reshape the state's highest court by appointing a new majority on the seven-member panel. ...more

July 31, 2008

Court's Interpretation Regarding "Individual Gun Rights Affirmed" (front page, June 27): ...more

July 2, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law that allows the execution of people convicted of a raping a child. In a 5-4 vote, the court says the law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in cases of child rape violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. ...more

June 25, 2008