Jamie Bernard Bain woke up singing on his first full day as a free man. ...more

December 19, 2009

After eight years behind bars, Jennifer Martin walked through the prison gates Wednesday morning a free woman amid the cheers of inmates left behind. ...more

December 17, 2009

Judges and lawyers in Florida can no longer be Facebook friends. In a recent opinion, the state's Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee decided it was time to set limits on judicial behavior online. When judges "friend" lawyers who may appear before them, the committee said, it creates the appearance of a conflict of interest, since it "reasonably conveys to others the impression that these lawyer 'friends' are in a special position to influence the judge." ...more

December 12, 2009

An autopsy was performed Friday on a 48-year-old Navy veteran who did not want one. But an attorney for a company that preserves bodies said Michael Ned Miller can still be cryonically preserved because his brain was not cut into. ...more

December 12, 2009

Jury selection was supposed to start Monday in the trial of Highlands County inmate Terrence Barnett, but it had nothing to do with his connection to the death of Polk County Detention Sgt. Ronnie Brown. ...more

November 28, 2009

A Gulf Coast sanctuary will lose 200 animals after a judge determined they were living in squalor. Carol Mas and husband Estebahn Agustinho were warned about neglect at Our Animal Haus. The Hernando County judge said he saw no malice, but the couple took on more than they could handle. ...more

October 30, 2009

Roy A. Day has drawn the ire of judges from Florida to Texas to Washington, D.C. ...more

October 24, 2009

A former Miami teacher was sentenced to 2 years probation and 100 hours of community service for allegedly giving an autistic student soda spiked with hot sauce. ...more

October 8, 2009

A Leon County judge ruled Wednesday that the state can prosecute former House Speaker Ray Sansom and two other defendants at the same time on charges of official misconduct. ...more

September 10, 2009

A Palm Beach County judge has ruled that the state can move ahead with a planned $536 million deal to buy land from U.S. Sugar Corp. for Everglades restoration. ...more

August 26, 2009