A Bradenton man who witnesses said was driving recklessly when his car collided with an armored truck on Interstate 275 three years ago, killing the truck's driver, will not spend a day in jail. ...more

May 22, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A Bradenton man who witnesses said was driving recklessly when his car collided with an armored truck on Interstate 275 three years ago, killing the armored truck driver, will not spend a day in jail. ...more

May 19, 2008

A Pinellas County circuit judge Tuesday ordered a pre-sentence investigation for Nick Bollea, who is accused of seriously injuring a friend in a single-car wreck Aug. 26. ...more

February 19, 2008

CLEARWATER -- A Pinellas County circuit judge this morning ordered a pre-sentence investigation for Nick Bollea, who is accused of seriously injuring a friend in a single-car wreck on Aug. 26. ...more

February 19, 2008

The Hyde Park rapist is free and living in a Melbourne apartment. An outrage? You bet. ...more

January 31, 2008

A disbarred lawyer with a gambling addiction is taking his chances with a judge after pleading no contest to 17 counts of grand theft. ...more

January 21, 2008

A report released Tuesday on Florida's growing gang problem suggested lawmakers toughen sentencing guidelines and devote more money to protecting witnesses and anti-gang training for police and prosecutors. ...more

January 16, 2008

A report released today on Florida's growing gang problem suggested lawmakers toughen sentencing guidelines and devote more money to protecting witnesses and anti-gang training for police and prosecutors. ...more

January 15, 2008

Why isn't the paperwork for deportation being prepared so this "Cuban citizen" can be immediately deported, either back to Cuba or to any other country that will take him when his sentence is completed? I don't understand how a person can be sentenced up to life in prison for possessing or selling small amounts crack or powder cocaine, but this guy gets off with a meager three years in prison for the manufacture and sale of large amounts of marijuana. Maybe, the judge's hands are tied by the sentencing guidelines, and if so, they need to be changed by the legislature. ...more

January 14, 2008

By definition, a judge's job is to hear a case and hand down the penalty, if one is merited. But Congress began eroding judicial discretion in 1986 with a law that mandated five years in prison for anyone caught selling as little as five grams of crack cocaine. ...more

December 12, 2007