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14 Feb 2012, 5:45 am by Joe Palazzolo
WSJ Prison Inc.: Florida’s Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on a controversial plan to privatize state prison facilities in southern Florida, a move that would create one of the largest private prison operations in the nation. [read post]
13 Feb 2012, 1:06 pm by Steve Hall
If 65-year-old Robert Brian Waterhouse is executed Wednesday at Florida State Prison near Starke, he will have lingered on death row longer than any of the previous 276 people executed by the state, according to the Department of Corrections. [read post]
12 Feb 2012, 5:46 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Sidney Hanson pled guilty to securities fraud and wire fraud and was sentenced on March 31, 2011 to 22 years in prison by Chief U.S. [read post]
11 Feb 2012, 9:01 pm by Rick St. Hilaire
Specifically, they seek cash and objects that include nearly 500 ivory tusks and carvings seized between 2009 and 2010 in Pennsylvania, New York, Missouri, Kansas, Florida, and California.If convicted, Gordon could face up to 20 years in prison. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 10:22 am
By all accounts, Castro has lived an exemplary life since his criminal charges, felony convictions, and prison sentence. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 10:05 am by Andrew Stine
Animal Cruelty Criminal Defense There are dozens of organizations throughout the state of Florida that are dedicated to protecting animal rights. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 9:40 am by Alex Stamm, Center for Justice
Florida Considers Privatizing 29 Prisons Two bills before the Florida Senate not only require the privatization of all 29 prisons in Southern Florida, but they circumvent typical appropriations procedure so that privatization can proceed immediately. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 8:50 am
The plea caught many off guard, especially since the state had been reluctant to waive the death penalty in recent years and a trial was scheduled for later this year, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 2:14 pm
Sun-Sentinel.com reports that a 20 year old South Florida man received two years in prison followed by 10 years' probation after he pled guilty to vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving charges. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 1:57 pm by Joe Palazzolo
There are lots of folks for whom prison may do more harm than good, not just for themselves but for society,” he said. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 12:03 pm by Julie Ebenstein, ACLU of Florida
” The issue is particularly pressing in Florida as the state operates the third-largest prison system in the United States, a $2.2 billion-a-year enterprise overseeing nearly 101,000 inmates and another 112,800 on community supervision. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 10:20 am
Most often the penalties for possession with the intent to distribute, sell or deliver include incarceration in state prison for as much as 30 years. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 7:16 am by Michael O'Hear
The states also authorized alternatives to prison as a sentencing option in specified circumstances. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 10:24 am by Stephen Bilkis
Thousands of people are being wiped out by Cholera, including a massive prison outbreak that has left more than two dozen prisoners dead. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 8:36 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
  Tuesday, February 7 Death Penalty: the ACLU and the ACLU of Florida will hold a press conference in Tallahassee on pending legislation in the Florida legislature to privatize all prisons in Southern Florida. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 8:36 am by Andrew Stine
The degree of the felony charge is dependent on the value of the stolen property.In order to be convicted of grand theft, the state must prove that the defendant (1) deprived a person of the right to their property or the benefit thereof, or (2) appropriated the property for personal use or for the use of another person who is not entitled to the use of the property, according to the Florida Statutes. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 6:20 am
According to Florida Statutes 784.045, aggravated battery is a second-degree felony, which can be punishable by up to 15 years in prison. [read post]