Tag Archives: criminal court
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We have all seen at least one movie about a prisoner on death row fighting to prove his innocence. This story line makes for riveting drama, but for the thousands of people who go to jail for a crime they did not commit, the experience is a long nightmare — and it happens more often… Read More »
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A page on the website of a Sarasota-area newspaper recently bore this eye-catching headline: Man arrested for 25th time on burglary charges. Certainly, there was an element of Believe-It-Or-Not to the story. But if you looked beneath the headline — literally beneath it, way down where the web-reading public chimes in with their comments —… Read More »
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The conviction and sentencing of Jacksonville resident Marissa Alexander under the Florida 10-20-Life law sparked debate about the fairness of mandatory prison terms. Alexander claimed that she fired a gun into the air when her husband, who had a history of domestic abuse, was threatening her. The jury found her guilty of aggravated assault and… Read More »