When Lightening Strikes
March 24th, 2011
At one time or another most of us have stood transfixed; watching the brilliance of a lightening storm. When it comes down to it, lightening is pretty awesome and cool to watch – at least until it zaps you in the butt; then it’s not so cool anymore.
That’s what the death penalty is like, it […]
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Save $$$ End the Florida Death Penalty
March 3rd, 2011
“I thought this was something that needs to be repealed for a number of reasons,” state Rep. Rehwinkel Vasilinda said. “If we’re interested in cutting budgets and costs, it seems to me that the death penalty is much more expensive than life in prison without possibility of parole.”
This North Florida Democrat has proposed ending […]
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Florida Supreme Court Orders Study of Wrongful Convictions
July 20th, 2010
In an unexpected and unprecedented move for Florida – the Florida Supreme Court has now ordered the empanelment of a 23 person “commission” to be directed by Justice James Perry, a recently appointed member of the Florida Supreme Court, to study the cause of wrongful convictions in Florida. It has long been recognized that Florida […]
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