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31 Oct 2007, 6:03 pm
"It captures protected speech about materials that may not even, in fact, exist," he added.But High Court Justice Antonin Scalia sounded unconvinced by his argument, stating, "Pandering is pandering. [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 2:31 am
In this decision, the First District reminds us, and state prisoners in particular, that where review of quasi-judicial action is sought in a circuit court (such as a Department of Corrections decision awarding gain-time), that court is governed by the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure. [read post]
30 Oct 2007, 8:05 pm
The inmates, pointing to botched executions in Ohio and Florida, say they might be subjected to unnecessary suffering and that Kentucky must consider more humane alternatives. [read post]
30 Oct 2007, 10:40 am
A significant number of jurors in capital cases failed to understand that alternate life sentences would keep the convicted in prison until they died. [read post]
30 Oct 2007, 1:37 am
Roy, No. 07-1063"Sentence for violating conditions of supervised release for possession of child pornography is affirmed where: 1) defendant's argument that a period of community confinement should have counted towards a 24-month aggregate limit on prison time for violations of supervised release did not constitute a plain error for purposes of plain error review; and 2) the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to assign defendant to a halfway house despite… [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 9:44 pm
(These included prolonged death by strangulation on the one hand and decapitation of the condemned prisoner on the other.) (4)In 1889, New York State became the first jurisdiction to introduce electrocution as a more scientific method of execution following concerns around the number of hangings where the prisoner took a prolonged time to die. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 9:35 pm
In 1998, Phil Porter studied the costs the death penalty in states such as Texas, California, and Florida, and upon examining the results, stated that "sentencing a prisoner to life in prison is a better allocation of resources than sentencing him to be executed. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 9:27 pm
Carroll.The ABA said Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, and Florida should stop executions and study their implementation. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 6:26 pm
He was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 12 years of sex offender probation. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 2:07 am
Since the Supreme Court ruled that states could reinstate the death sentence in 1976, over 100 prisoners have been released from death row, based on faulty convictions. [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 7:35 pm
Current state law requires less registration time -- 10 years is the current minimum -- and classifies sex offenders based on their likeliness to commit another sex crime.The sex offenders suing are two female former prison workers who pleaded guilty to having consensual sex with inmates. [read post]
25 Oct 2007, 12:58 pm
Lionel Tate previously held the distinction of being the youngest person in Florida (at age 14) sentenced to life in prison. [read post]
24 Oct 2007, 12:54 am
She has been sentenced to 28 months in prison. [read post]
23 Oct 2007, 3:40 pm
Based on the alarming rate Broward Judges send first offenders to state prison (the highest in the state of Florida) second chances are not something the Broward Judiciary is known for. [read post]
23 Oct 2007, 12:58 pm
Rackleff, the spokeswoman for Florida's Department of Corrections. [read post]
21 Oct 2007, 11:10 pm
Last week, the Urban Institute Justice Policy Center released a report on Florida's faith-based prison rehabilitation program titled Evaluation of Florida's Faith- and Character-Based Institutions. [read post]
21 Oct 2007, 4:50 am
WHEN WILL FLORIDA UNDERSTAND? [read post]
21 Oct 2007, 1:28 am
It brings Ohio into compliance with the federal law known as the Adam Walsh Act, named after a 6-year-old Florida boy kidnapped from a shopping mall in 1981 and murdered.The state and federal laws classify sex offenders in three tiers, based on the crime for which the offender was convicted and without considering the likelihood of re-offending.Current state law requires less registration time -- 10 years is the current minimum -- and classifies sex offenders based on… [read post]
20 Oct 2007, 7:05 pm
While the prisoner may appear calm, several studies and botched executions have shown that death may in fact be prolonged and quite painful. [read post]
20 Oct 2007, 8:54 am
"Stranger dangerThe strict sentencing laws sweeping the country are a direct response to the horrific abduction of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford of Florida. [read post]
