Rejecting longstanding legal precedent, a Florida appeals court says a man convicted of attempted sexual battery on a child is eligible to be considered for early release from prison.
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The court ruling marks the first major test of the new Marsy’s Law protections for crime victims even when the victims are police officers.
A state appeals court in Tallahassee this week ruled for the first time that the names of two police officers involved in two separate deadly shootings should not have their names released to the public.
That’s because under Marsy’s Law, which voters passed as a ballot amendment in 2018, the officers are considered victims of crime since they both say they were threatened with deadly force before the shootings.