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Fraternity Brothers Face Hazing Charges in Pledge Death
The trial of four fraternity brothers charged in the hazing death of pledge has hit a snag as the courts attempt to determine the scope of Florida’s hazing law. At issue is the direct relationship between the fraternity brothers’ actions and the young man’s death. According to the allegations, Andrew Coffey died after consuming… Read More »
Florida Pharmacist Convicted of Fraud
Fraud related to health care has become a rampant problem, largely due to taxpayer-funded plans like Medicare and Medicaid. Privately run insurance companies have a tendency to be much stingier than either of the government health care plans and will contest whatever they feel is necessary or superfluous. While many Medicare drug programs utilize… Read More »
Man Accused of Dastardly Dine and Dash Plot
It’s not quite Lex Luthor quality diabolical, but a man is being accused of meeting women on dating sites, taking them out to dinner, and then skipping out leaving them with the tab. If you think this is funny, there are a lot of folks who aren’t laughing. One of them is Paul Guadalupe… Read More »
Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Framing Black Men
In a suburb just north of Miami, former police chief Raimundo Atesiano had a perfect clearance rate for burglaries. In order to secure that perfect clearance rate, however, Atesiano instructed his officers to pin crimes on black men. For far too long the ploy worked all too well and now the city of Miami,… Read More »
Florida Student Arrested for Extorting Others with Nude Photos
The State of Florida accused UNF student, Jesse Martinez, of 15 counts of “sextortion” after he allegedly attempted to compel a man he met on Grindr to perform oral sex on him lest he expose sexually explicit photos of him. An undercover investigation led to his arrest after he had used different names on… Read More »
Florida Judge’s Impartiality Questioned after Endorsements
An appeals court announced that it would bar Florida judge Brian Iten from presiding over four criminal trials. The announcement was made as reports came out that Iten had received endorsements from county sheriffs, chiefs of police, state attorneys, and others on the prosecutorial side of the criminal justice system. It’s difficult to tell… Read More »
Florida Man Indicted on Cyberstalking Charge
They say that the classic romantic fairytale goes something like this: Boy meets girl Girl likes boy Boy messes up Girl hates boy Boy tries to make it up to girl Boy and girl fall back in love Happily ever after The classic romantic fairytale does not remotely resemble anything like this: Boy meets… Read More »
The Petty Burglary that Led to a Life Sentence
In 2005, Christopher Dean was a man who had just been released on parole. He and a friend, Eric Flint, botched a burglary of a Florida home. The man whose home they burglarized ran down Flint with his SUV. By Florida statute, that counts as felony murder. Because Dean had been released on parole… Read More »
Amendment 6: What it is and Why it Matters
Recently, the Supreme Court took over the jurisdiction of a dispute centering around a victim’s rights referendum known as “Amendment 6.” Controversy erupted around whether or not the bill belongs on the ballot. Tallahassee Circuit Court Judge, Karen Gievers, yanked the bill from the ballot rendering a 12-page decision that basically accused the bill… Read More »
Stand Your Ground Under Fire after Fatal Parking Lot Shooting
We’ve spoken a lot about stand-your-ground defenses on our blog and how the State of Florida employs stand your ground. A recent court ruling shifted the burden of proof to the prosecution in these cases. For many, this heralds a troubling era in which Floridians will be shooting one another over petty squabbles. After… Read More »
