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Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to 17 counts of murder

JURIST

Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 17 counts of murder in relation to the 2018 shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis eventually suspended the head of the responsible department, Scott Israel, over the department’s failures on the day.

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The 2019 Florida Bar Annual Convention

LegalTalkNetwork

This year was the 69th anniversary of The Florida Bar’s Annual Convention which was held in Boca Raton, Florida at the beautiful Boca Raton Resort and Club. Attendees had a cornucopia of special events and sessions to choose from, including 83 credits worth of CLE programming and a luncheon featuring Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

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Special Reports from The 2016 Annual Florida Bar Convention

LegalTalkNetwork

Landing in Orlando to catch an evening Uber to the hotel marked the beginning of our time with The Florida Bar at their 2016 annual convention. In true form to their association, I didn’t make it 20 feet inside the lobby before I was greeted by Florida public interest attorney Kimberly Sanchez. Abadin, and Bill Schifino.

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A day in the life of a legal advisor

SimplyLawJobs

We recently caught up with Paige Tugby, a legal advisor at Irwin Mitchell, Paige kindly shared her career highlights, challenges, and hopes for the future. Why did you choose to become a legal advisor? As a legal advisor at Irwin Mitchell, you are given the opportunity to learn about different areas of law very quickly.

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‘Jailhouse Screening’ Puts Undocumented Immigrants at Greater Risk: Paper

The Crime Report

Moreover, immigration screening, although it takes place in jails, is not accompanied by the same procedural protections as criminal law that is meant to stop government overreach. Although he explained he is a legal U.S. citizen to employees at the jail, he had no way of legally contesting the detainer while in custody.

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Florida Woman Faces Criminal Charges Of Practicing Without A License After Allegedly Disfiguring Patient

JonathanTurley

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Unanimous ruling on crack-cocaine disparity is heavy on text, light on history

SCOTUSBlog

As recounted earlier , in 2008, Tarahrick Terry, then in his early 20s, was arrested in Florida for carrying just under 4 grams of crack cocaine. The crack-cocaine disparity had largely come to symbolize an ineffective and counter-productive war on drugs and a racist criminal law system. He was charged under 21 U.S.C. §

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