The Florida Supreme Court revised standard jury instructions for death penalty cases Thursday in ways the justices hope will reduce widespread confusion among jurors disclosed by an American Bar Association survey. ...more

October 31, 2009

New York police have arrested a man accused of fatally shooting a Massachusetts man in his apartment. ...more

March 4, 2009

No one wants to see the return of the day when Florida businesses were bombarded by crippling workers' compensation claims. But reforms adopted by the Legislature in 2003, as the state Supreme Court found, went too far. ...more

March 4, 2009

America must recognize the fact that Mexico is in collapse. It is controlled by war lords just as China was in the early 1900s. The last 60 years have been very trying and costly for the United States. It has been a highway for illegal drugs and illegal movement of people into the United States, from all over the world. We have troops on the ground all around the world to help those nations from killing each other, yet we are ignoring our neighbor to the south whose death rate is not acceptable; in fact, it is reaching into the United States. ...more

February 14, 2009

Three Florida A&M University students are facing federal charges of hacking the school's computer system. ...more

October 21, 2008

Anyone interested in learning why death penalty cases take years to resolve should take a look at the prosecution of Faunce Levon Pearce. ...more

June 14, 2008

The letter to the editor by Billie E. Jewett, Sebring, seems to be right on target. We have been distraught about gasoline prices, immigration, outsourcing of American manufacturing and jobs, and perplexed about how this has happened. ...more

June 12, 2008

MIAMI - Miami-Dade County's public defender says his office plans to refuse most felony cases because state budget cuts mean his attorneys can't effectively cover their caseloads. ...more

June 4, 2008

Bill Fanning says November election will bring a "massive moral and political overhaul." ...more

June 4, 2008

The Westchase and Westchase East community development districts met Tuesday evening to further merger talks and to settle on future legal representation. ...more

May 10, 2008