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The late Gov. Bob Graham’s six death row commutations, prior to 1983, remain the only ones since Florida restored the death penalty in 1972. The clemency process is now draped in secrecy. Def… ...
For all the initiatives and bills I’ve seen coming through this 2023 Florida legislative session, my biggest disappointment has been in the area of senior care. It hurts my heart, as a 25-year ...
(NewsNation) — A former Florida clemency board member is calling for the release of Michael Edwards, who has served 31 years of a 60-year sentence for selling a small amount of cocaine. Nikki ...
While serving a life sentence for that crime, he confessed in 2005 to the 1988 rape and murder of Patricia “Patsy” Miller, a Melbourne, Florida, nurse. Barnes says he raped Miller twice ...
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A Florida man whose life sentence for the death of a police officer was commuted by former President Donald Trump is in trouble with the law again after he was convicted of domestic violence ...
A Florida elementary school teacher is under investigation after he was allegedly caught telling a 5th-grade student, “I truly love you” in a creepy handwritten letter, according to police and ...
The Kreusler family wants Mark Herman exonerated in their father's 1976 murder. A Florida prosecutor's Conviction Review Unit may be their last hope.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is working to learn more about the Pennsylvanians granted clemency under President Joe Biden.Roughly 1,500 sentences were cut short, and 39 people who had been ...
A U.S. district judge found Florida's current system arbitrary and unconstitutional in March, and the case is under appeal. If passed, Amendment 4 would impact 1.5 million Floridians.
As a personal friend and longtime supporter of East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore, it gives me no pleasure to object to his recent filing of a lawsuit and ...
For decades, Patti Kreusler Ceravolo has been haunted by her father’s 1976 murder, never believing that the right man was convicted and fearing the real killer was still on the loose.. Enlisting the ...