Law & Justice

Nearly five years after voters passed a constitutional amendment about victims’ rights, Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office urged the Florida Supreme Court to use the measure to make it harder for death row inmates to get stays of execution.

The 600,000 signatures garnered so far means the proposal can go before the Florida Supreme Court for review.

Broward County commissioners rejected a proposed property tax cut that would have saved property owners about $5 a year. Commissioners also cleared the way to purchase a rescue helicopter to replace the Broward Sheriff's helicopter that crashed on August 28, killing two people.

The mother of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio says she's "proud" of her son and that his 22-year sentence was "extremely excessive."

Warning of a "substantial detrimental impact on the children at the heart of this case," the U.S. Department of Justice urged a federal appeals court to reject an attempt by Florida to at least temporarily halt an injunction requiring changes aimed at keeping children with complex medical conditions out of nursing homes.

Spain's current sexual harassment scandal is just the latest to darken international women's soccer — including an especially disturbing case that's re-opened in Haiti.

Tarrio was one of six Proud Boys leaders to be charged for conspiring to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. Of them, he has received the longest prison sentence to date.

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony alerted county administrators to the outdated gear earlier this year, but did not make a formal request for money to replace them.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly in Washington sentenced Ormond Beach, Florida, resident Joseph Biggs on Thursday to 17 years in prison for spearheading the Jan. 6 Capitol attack - the second longest sentence in the case.

After a record number of deaths last year in Miami-Dade jails, the corrections department may face sanctions if it doesn't show improvement by the fall.