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Nov 11, 2021 · Today, Florida has more than 13,600 people serving life without parole, far more than any other state and almost a quarter of the total nationwide. Though this sentence is widely seen as an alternative to the death penalty, which is used in murder cases, 44% of the people serving it in Florida were not convicted of that crime, according to our ...
Nov 12, 2021 · PUBLISHED 3:10 PM ET Nov. 12, 2021. FLORIDA — Life in prison without parole is a sentence meant for the worst criminals in Florida, and the toughest penalty other than a death sentence. But some ...
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The recent efforts by the governor and the Legislature to restrict access to so many books in schools and libraries, and to restrict what can be taught in schools and universities, is indeed a dangerous trend. Students should be exposed to a diversity of books, of subjects and opinions about social issues. Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed that “We believe...
A Jan. 28 letter writer, Terri Quint, worried about the “flow of fascism” due to the actions of Gov. DeSantis, should get her facts right before casting such aspersions. Her worry is the “disallowance of any teaching of African American studies at all high schools with Advanced Placement programs.” That would indeed be an egregious overreach by the...
I was thunderstruck by two sentences in the Feb. 5 column by Rev. Brandon Frick: "It's difficult to imagine a greater hell to manufacture for another human being than one in which their very existence is denied. How many times will we have to see that exact belief undergirding every atrocity committed by human hands before we finally acknowledge ho...
The Feb. 2 article by Zac Anderson details the lengths that Governor DeSantis is willing to go to in order to abolish freedom of education, freedom of speech and the stifling of diversity in institutions of higher learning. By firing the president of New College, then installing a new president and board chairman (both with a mandate to implement a...
During the 1930s, the German government banned certain books. By having nationwide “book bonfires,” many of the titles were often historical in nature and written by outstanding individuals. Unfortunately, many of the authors were also Jewish, which was anathema to the Nazi regime. Today in Florida, thanks to an ultra-right-wing governor and a comp...
As reported in the Times-Union on Feb. 8, the Republican bill, "Unauthorized Alien Transport Program" (which funds $10 million for these migrant flights), is wrong. Yes, we have an immigration problem, but Florida taxpayers shouldn't be paying for migrants to fly from Texas to sanctuary areas, especially since $1.5 million Florida tax dollars have ...
The latest back and forth between the Daniel Davis and Leanna Cumber mayoral campaigns has gotten not just out of hand, but sickening. Going from JEA shady dealings to promotion of sexual exploitation of children, there is no substance from either candidate; just finger pointing. This is a clear sign of desperation with these backbiting, vile attac...
As a retired U.S. Navy officer who spends time volunteering with several local and national organizations, I take exception to the negative opinions recently expressed towards the USS Orleck project. Once it is moved to the museum center in the old shipyards — along with MOSH, the firefighter's museum, good parking and a Naval Museum — it will thri...
Ron DeSantis graduated from Harvard and Yale, two elite schools typically thought of as liberal bastions. How is that he and other graduates became right-leaning Republicans, while others are Independents or Democrats? Perhaps it’s because they all got a well-rounded education with lots of facts and viewpoints (possibly even CRT) and were able to f...
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Aug 18, 2008 · “Life-without-parole sentences are steadily replacing the death penalty across the United States. Almost 56,000 people nationwide are now serving sentences that will keep them locked up until they die, an increase of 66% since 2003, according to The Sentencing Project, a nonprofit that advocates for shorter prison terms.
Mar 21, 2023 · According to new research by the Death Penalty Information Center, 82 % of Florida death-sentenced prisoners who completed new sentencing proceedings under Hurst v. Florida ( 2016) have been resentenced to life in prison without parole. Hurst found Florida’s death penalty scheme unconstitutional, and the ...
Nov 11, 2021 · Its life-without-parole prisoners cost the state more than $330 million last year, based on the agency’s most recent annual average cost per prisoner estimate of $24,265. Prosecutors in Florida ...
Nov 1, 2022 · During a two-day hearing that starts this morning, a Florida judge hands down a life sentence to the gunman who killed 17 people at a Parkland high school. The jury rejected the death penalty for ...
