Often it has been said that 'the past becomes prologue.' This best describes the verdict and aftermath of the Martin Lee Anderson case last week where the Bay County Courthouse was more reminiscent of our state's segregationist past as opposed to our multi-ethnic present. ...more

October 19, 2007

TALLAHASSEE – Outraged by the acquittal of eight former boot camp workers in the death of Martin Lee Anderson at the facility last year, the state NAACP organization plans to march and rally in Tallahassee next week in protest. The Florida State Conference NAACP has announced plans to galvanize thousands to demonstrate against the jury decision at an event organizers are calling ""The Justice for Martin Lee Anderson March and Rally'' at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Tallahassee Federal Courthouse, 111 N. Adams St. ...more

October 18, 2007

Federal authorities reached a temporary truce Wednesday with college students threatening a march on the Capitol next week to protest the acquittal of seven boot camp guards and a nurse in the death of a teenage boy under their supervision. ...more

October 18, 2007

It's understandable that many people are upset with the acquittals in the boot-camp death of Martin Lee Anderson. But it's dismaying to see the tragedy used to enflame racial tensions, especially since this case had already been complicated - and possibly undermined - by political grandstanding. ...more

October 16, 2007

No More Boot Camps Regarding 'Acquitted On all Counts' (front page, Oct. 13): ...more

October 16, 2007

About 60 or 70 people, a few children and an infant or two gathered together in prayer and song at the Love Center Missionary Baptist Church, the only place they thought could help them make sense of a court verdict handed down hours earlier. ...more

October 14, 2007

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - About 60 or 70 people, a few children and an infant or two gathered together in prayer and song at the Love Center Missionary Baptist Church, the only place they thought could help them make sense of a court verdict handed down hours earlier. ...more

October 13, 2007

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - The big cases don't go away quietly. ...more

October 13, 2007

It's hard to grasp how a 14-year-old boy can be exercising one minute, then dying during a struggle with adults the next, and yet no one is found criminally responsible. ...more

October 13, 2007

Friday's boot camp verdict represented a defeat for Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober's office in a case that has drawn national attention. ...more

October 13, 2007