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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.

Miami Herald: Allegations Of Abuse Of Mentally-Ill In Florida Prison

May 21, 2014

A new investigative report from The Miami Herald this week profiles a prison in Miami-Dade County where employees have been accused of abusing mentally-ill inmates for “sport.”

Redistricting Fight Goes To Trial

May 19, 2014

An ongoing battle over whether the state’s newest congressional districts were drawn with a partisan bias will continue in a Tallahassee courtroom this week.