Posts in category Courts

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a constitutional measure legalizing marijuana for medical purposes can be placed on the ballot for next …

By SEAN MURPHY OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A former Oklahoma City police officer was convicted Thursday of raping and sexually victimizing eight women on his …

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) – County officials have requested an independent investigation into how a Georgia police department responded to the actions of an officer who …

CHICAGO (AP) – Hundreds of pages of Chicago police reports released late Friday by city officials depict a contrasting narrative to squad car video footage …

TALLAHASSEE – The private company responsible for providing health care to most of Florida’s prisons says it is terminating its contract. Corizon Health on Monday …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Even as President Barack Obama tries to make a hard case for overhauling sentences, rehabilitating prisoners and confronting racial bias in policing, …

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Supreme Court is tossing the murder convictions and death sentences of a Tampa Bay area man accused of killing his estranged …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Prosecutor Stephen Lanier’s meaning was unmistakable when he urged jurors in north Georgia to sentence the defendant to death in part to …

GAINESVILLE – Federal prosecutors say the leader of a Ku Klux Klan chapter in Florida and Georgia was sentenced to seven years in prison after …

By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says he’ll travel the country in the coming weeks to encourage changes to the nation’s criminal …