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Lake County FL May Get Sex Offender “Colony”

There are tight restrictions placed on sex offenders—where they can live, where they can work, and who they can communicate with are all governed by the rules of their release and their requirements to register. But one woman is hoping to make things easier for those offenders and reportedly the public who fears them, by giving them their own community. [Read more...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 at 9:43 pm and is filed under sex offenses. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Florida Innocence Commission Studies False Confessions, Interrogations

The Tallahassee based Florida Innocence Commission has begun a new study, this one to analyze statewide interrogation tactics in an effort to limit false confessions and wrongful convictions. Earlier this year, the group completed a study on eyewitness questioning, a study that led to statewide policy. They are hoping this study goes in the same direction. [Read more...]

This entry was posted on Monday, September 26th, 2011 at 2:03 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Cocaine Use & Abuse on the Decline

Miami, the city known as the hub of cocaine trafficking in its heyday is now leading the way in the waning cocaine trend, according to the Miami Herald. Though the reasons for this drop in cocaine presence are multiple, including the bleak economic system, it seems the drug is being replaced with cheaper and easier to obtain substances. [Read more...]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 at 4:27 pm and is filed under drug charges. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Miami Police Chief Exposito Suspended After Tumultuous Few Years

Miami City Manager Johnny Martinez suspended Police Chief Miguel Exposito this week for failing to obey orders and taking “other actions that indicate just and reasonable cause to demonstrate that you cannot properly perform your duties as chief of police,” according to the suspension letter. The city commission has five days to meet and determine if there is cause for Exposito’s removal, though Exposito is already planning on challenging the suspension. [Read more...]

This entry was posted on Friday, September 9th, 2011 at 3:34 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Florida Prescription Drug Tracking On-Line

The prescription drug tracking system which passed the legislature in 2009 is finally up and running as of midnight Thursday night. After issues with funding and an effort by Governor Scott to kill the program, Florida has become the 36th state to create such a system in the battle against prescription drug abuse. [Read more...]

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 8th, 2011 at 10:45 pm and is filed under drug charges. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Cohabitation Of Unmarried Couples Illegal in Florida

Here’s an interesting Florida law most people don’t now about: Unmarried couples living together is a second degree misdemeanor criminal offense. [Read more...]

This entry was posted on Friday, September 2nd, 2011 at 1:09 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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