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JURIST
OCTOBER 19, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday upheld a 2019 Florida law that prevents felons from voting until they pay their legal financial obligations of fines, fees, and restitution. ” Hence, the circuit court deemed the legal financial obligation requirements to be constitutionally valid.
JURIST
JULY 17, 2023
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Americans for Immigrant Justice (AIJ) and the American Immigration Council (AIC) filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the recently enacted Florida immigration law SB 1718 , one of the strictest immigration laws in the US. It makes no sense.
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JURIST
APRIL 20, 2021
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed the “anti-riot” bill HB1 into law. Violent protesters can now be arrested and charged with a third-degree felony, which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years and loss of voting rights. .” ” He also stated that he believes “Gov.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
At the time, he had no idea his actions were anything but legal. But prosecuting people with past convictions for illegally voting ignores the legal complexities of the state’s own making. As of 2020, there were more than 85,000 registered voters in Florida with past felony convictions whose eligibility had to be screened.
The Crime Report
JULY 15, 2021
Of the 5,673 felony cases filed in Miami-Dade County between 1990 and 2009, 60 percent of these defendants were released pretrial. Percent of felony defendants released on bail who were rearrested pretrial. Figure 2 below graphically depicts the percent of felony defendants rearrested pretrial by their felony conviction record.
Conflict of Laws
APRIL 27, 2025
student, Galatasaray University, Turkey A Maltese court has refused to enforce a $740 million default judgment issued by the 15th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida (Palm Beach County) in a defamation suit brought by Applicant Mehmet Tatlici against his half-brother, Defendant Ugur Tatlici. [1] Ugur Tatlici , Case No.
The Crime Report
JULY 30, 2021
But diversion programs, like most facets of the criminal legal system, are racially asymmetrical: white defendants are generally more likely to benefit from diversion programs than people of color, according to a study conducted by experts from Florida International University (FIU), Loyola University Chicago , and the Safety and Justice Challenge.
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