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Redistricting Trial Ends, Some Questions Remain Unanswered

June 6, 2014

The 12-day long trial over whether GOP leaders in the Florida Legislature broke the law when re-drawing congressional maps in 2012 ended this week. After days of lengthy questioning, there are still some unanswered questions, though.

ACLU Sues Sarasota Police For Access To Records On Cell Phone Tracking Program

June 5, 2014

This week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida filed an emergency motion in Florida court in order to gain access to information about a controversial cell phone tracking program known as "stingray."

Miami Herald: DCF Hid 30 Child Deaths Reports During Investigation

June 2, 2014

According to The Miami Herald, a branch of the Florida Department of Children and Families began hiding a paper trial of 30 children’s deaths when the newspaper started reporting on the agency’s failures to prevent hundreds of deaths of children it was monitoring.

Media, U.S. Supreme Court Ensnared In Fight Over Redistricting Documents

May 30, 2014

A fight over documents from GOP consultants regarding congressional maps drawn by the Florida Legislature reached the U.S. Supreme Court this week.

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Florida Death Penalty Law

May 28, 2014

This week the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 5 to 4 decision that a Florida law setting strict criteria based on IQ test scores to determine a defendant’s eligibility for the death penalty is unconstitutional. Justices ruled the state’s law was too rigid.

Voting Groups Ask Florida Supreme Court For ‘Secret’ Redistricting Documents

May 23, 2014

A week into the 12-day redistricting trial, groups challenging the Florida Legislature's congressional maps are asking for Florida Supreme Court to overrule a lower court and require that political operatives turn over emails, maps and memos related to the state's redistricting effort in 2012.