by SFA Support | Jan 25, 2016 | Articles, Criminal Law
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...
by SFA Support | Jan 15, 2016 | Articles, Family Law
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...
by SFA Support | Jan 12, 2016 | Articles, Criminal Law
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 SFA Support | Dec 24, 2015 | Articles, Family Law
EXPERTS DEBATE LINE BETWEEN SPANKING AND ABUSE Seventy-seven percent of Americans agree that it’s sometimes necessary to discipline their children with corporal punishment – but where does the spanking end and abuse begin? That was the question at “Disciplining One’s...
by SFA Support | Dec 24, 2015 | Articles, Criminal Law
WHEN IS POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA A CRIME? In the recent U.S. Supreme Court case Elonis v. United States, argued in December, lawyers for Anthony Elonis said he should not have been convicted of making online threats against his former wife, an FBI officer...
by SFA Support | Dec 17, 2015 | Articles, Litigation
From the Fourth District Court of Appeal In a recent opinion, the Fourth District Court of Appeal reminded litigants that the pretrial stipulation “is surely one of the most coveted and effective pretrial devices enjoyed by the trial court and all involved...
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