New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and other men caught in a police sting operation concerning prostitution at Florida massage parlors have been offered a plea deal by the Palm Beach County State Attorney. The men must concede they would be found guilty, perform 100 hours community service, attend a class on the dangers of […]
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Actor-singer Jussie Smollett, from the Fox series, “Empire,”reported to Chicago police that he’d been the victim of a hate crime as he told police two white men shouting racial and homophobic slurs put a noose around his neck, poured chemicals on him and told him, “This is MAGA country.” Police now suspect Smollett set the
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A military appellate court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that a sailor sexually assaulted four women with whom he had consensual sex because he failed to disclose his HIV status. The appellate court last week affirmed an earlier ruling in the case, U.S. v. Forbes. The women could not provide “meaningful, informed consent” to
For years, the “tough on crime” lobby has won the day in Tallahassee, often shooting down common sense measures that would serve justice and make the punishment actually fit the crime. Instead, we’ve got mandatory minimums and the judges hands are tied when it comes to sentencing. That may be changing. State Senator Jeff Brandes
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At least the Hillsborough County attorney’s office has admitted it doesn’t have enough evidence to try Dean McKee again for the 1987 murder of a homeless man in Tampa. Today, McKee is a free man but he spent 30 years in prison and the actual murderer is still free. The office of Hillsborough State Attorney
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Wrongful arrests or false arrests pertain to technical legal definitions concerning police behavior in detaining and arresting someone. There are very specific factors that make an arrest wrongful or false. There are two criteria which you would have to demonstrate in order to prove that you were arrested wrongly or falsely and those are: 1)you
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Last November, Florida voters voted to expand the rights of crime victims. Provisions of the law include requirements crime victims be informed of their rights and the services available to them, an entitlement to updates on criminal proceedings, a right to know about meetings between the accused and state attorneys before plea deals agreed to,
Entrapment is used in criminal proceedings when the accused has been induced by law enforcement to commit a crime that he/she was not predisposed to commit. It is based on the idea that is it is fundamentally unjust for law enforcement or other government agents to originate a criminal design, implant in an innocent person’s
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We’re on the cusp of another New Year’s Eve night during which many of us will have too much to drink and make foolish, life-altering decisions. It’s simple, don’t do something you’ll regret tomorrow afternoon. You can avoid all the headache by planning ahead right now. If you have plans to go out and drink,
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Mike Williams went missing nearly 18 years ago while on a hunting trip at Lake Seminole near the Florida-Georgia border. He went with his close friend Brian Winchester as he had many times before. This trip was different. It was the day of his wedding anniversary and Williams had told his wife Denise he’d return
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