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Florida Supreme Court delays execution in key death-penalty case
The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday halted the execution of a South Florida man hours after listening to his attorney argue that everyone on Florida's death row should be spared because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Cary Michael Lambrix, a two-time murderer...
10 Answers I Need to Know To Represent You on an Auto Accident Claim
10 Answers I Need to Know To Represent You on an Auto Accident Claim Bill prided himself on his safe driving record. Since turning 30, he hadn't gotten a ticket, and had never been involved in an accident. He realized that a few minutes saved on the way to work was...
Cyber-Bullying
Cyber-Bullying New York’s high court says anti-cyberbullying law won’t pass First Amendment muster. The White House held a conference about it in 2011. Legislators have referred to it as the scourge of the Internet. It allegedly has caused teen suicides. Many school...
Nursery Files Lawsuit to Continue Cultivation of Marijuana
Nursery Files Lawsuit to Continue Cultivation of Marijuana An Alachua County nursery filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Leon County Circuit Court to prevent any delays in the cultivation and dispensing of medical marijuana in northeast Florida. The Alachua County tree...
E-cigarette Exploded, Burned Naples Man’s Throat, Lungs
Lawsuit Claims E-cigarette Exploded, Burned Naples Man's Throat, Lungs A Naples resident was using his electronic cigarette normally when it exploded in his face last October, searing off his eyebrows and sending flames down his throat. The 21-year-old was rushed to...
Lawyers for Condemned Man Cite ‘Tectonic Shift’ in Death Penalty
Lawyers for Condemned Man Cite 'Tectonic Shift' in Death Penalty A U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Florida's death-penalty sentencing structure is a "tectonic shift" that should be applied retroactively to all inmates on death row, lawyers for a convicted...
Same-Sex Couples Seek Ruling in Birth Certificate Dispute
Nearly a year after same-sex marriages started in Florida, a legal decision could be looming in a dispute about birth certificates for children of same-sex couples. Two couples and an advocacy group asked a federal judge last week to require the Florida Department of...
US Supreme Court: Florida’s Death Penalty Unconstitutional
US Supreme Court: Florida's Death Penalty Unconstitutional Diego M. RadzinschiThe U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down Florida's death penalty law as unconstitutional for giving judges more power than juries in setting the sentence, requiring review by the state...
I’ve Been in a Car Accident, What Do I Do Next? – Part II: – After the Accident
When Marcy, an older driver who prides herself in obeying all the rules of the road, was in an accident, she was shocked. On her way home from shopping, she made a right turn from the center lane and suddenly collided with another vehicle. Since she had traveled it...