A 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidated Florida’s death penalty process. As a result, the state has been forced to revisit all death sentences since 2002.
Lee Rodarte is charged with murdering 21-year-old Savannah Gold, his coworker at Bonefish Grill in Mandarin. Author: First Coast News Staff Published: 1:54 PM EST February 16, 2021 Updated: 4:59 PM EST February 16, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla The man accused of killing his coworker and dumping her burned body in a Westside lake has filed a plea of guilty with a negotiated sentence.
Lee Rodarte is charged with killing 21-year-old Savannah Gold, his coworker at Bonefish Grill in Mandarin, and dumping her body in a lake on Aug. 2, 2017.
He was arrested three days later, and has admitted killing Gold, but says he did it in self defense.
With officer s credibility in question, attorneys say key evidence must be tossed in Navy Chief Petty Officer murder trial
Attorney for the man accused of killing Navy Chief Petty Officer Andrea Washington says JSO officer is not telling the truth, and evidence must be scrapped. Author: Anne Schindler Updated: 10:07 PM EST February 5, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Questions surrounding a police officer s credibility took center stage in court Friday in a high-profile murder case.
Navy Chief Petty Officer Andrea Washington, mother of three, was shot to death in her Jacksonville home in 2018. Her ex-fiancé Danny Beard is charged with her murder.
Friday, Beard s attorney challenged the veracity of one Jacksonville Sheriff s Officer, saying his testimony about whether he got consent to search is unreliable.