An appeals court has upheld the 30-year probation violation sentence for convicted child killer Lionel Tate, setting the stage for a trial on robbery charges that could add life in prison. ...more

October 26, 2007

An appellate court has revived a lawsuit stemming from the 2003 murder of Todd Byers. ...more

October 20, 2007

An appellate court on Friday struck down a ruling that would have given convicted murderer Thomas Wayne Patterson a new trial. ...more

October 13, 2007

The state Supreme Court decided Thursday to hold off on a decision on whether a state constitutional amendment allowing slot machines in South Florida should be invalidated because of forged petition signatures. ...more

September 30, 2007

The state on Wednesday appealed a court ruling removing a property tax-cutting constitutional amendment from the Jan. 29 presidential primary ballot. ...more

September 27, 2007

It's normal to feel compassion for people so overcome by chronic pain from health problems that they break laws to obtain large quantities of the medicine they need, then, incredibly, are branded drug traffickers and sentenced to prison for at least 25 years. ...more

September 27, 2007