Florida homeowners facing foreclosure may soon get one last chance to negotiate with lenders trying to take back their homes. ...more

December 29, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court on Monday ordered local judges to adopt a uniform mediation program for foreclosure cases and other interventions to deal with the tide of foreclosure cases clogging the courts. ...more

December 29, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court called the blanket use of shackles, handcuffs and other restraints on children in most of the state's juvenile courtrooms "repugnant, degrading, humiliating" and counterproductive as the justices banned the practice Thursday. ...more

December 20, 2009

A former auto mechanic found guilty of strangling 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was captured by a security camera, lost an appeal of his murder conviction and death sentence this week in the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

December 19, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court called the blanket use of shackles, handcuffs and other restraints on children in most of the state's juvenile courtrooms "repugnant, degrading, humiliating" and counterproductive as the justices banned the practice today. ...more

December 17, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court has affirmed the murder conviction and death sentence of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia's killer. ...more

December 17, 2009

Predicting the outcome of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court is fairly risky, but in oral arguments Monday involving the interrogation of a 10-time felon by Tampa police, reporters were quick to offer their judgment that the Miranda warnings provided the suspect here will be judged inadequate. ...more

December 11, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court on Monday denied Gov. Charlie Crist's request to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate public corruption. ...more

December 1, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court on Monday denied Gov. Charlie Crist's request to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate public corruption. ...more

November 30, 2009

The sugar-white sand that stretches from Slade and Nancy Lindsay's deck to the clear, green waters of the Gulf of Mexico is some of the finest in the world. Tiny, uniformly shaped quartz crystals make the beach along the Florida Panhandle unique, experts say. ...more

November 28, 2009