Under Florida’s “felony murder rule,” someone can be sentenced to life in prison even if they did not kill someone, even if they weren’t there and even if they didn’t know.
Sex traffickers have started recruiting and targeting women about to be released from Florida prisons. ABC Action News I-Team investigator Kylie McGivern shows how activists, inmates, and prisons are working to stop the cycle.
Man accuses Florida priest of sexually abusing him as a child. Why the state canât prosecute
Will Fla. law rid statute of limitations?
Patrick Colville shared his story for the first time, speaking for survivors, warning parents and pushing lawmakers to create a âlook back windowâ allowing civil lawsuits to move forward even though the criminal statute of limitations had expired.
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TAMPA, Fla. â The stateâs two-year investigation into allegations Catholic priests sexually abused Florida children resulted in a blistering report, naming 97 Catholic priests meeting the state s criteria for prosecution.
Not a single one will stand trial.
Incarceration hold issue preventing people from receiving unemployment expected to be fixed by end of the week
150+ people contacted the I-Team about the issue
For thousands of Floridians, the fight for access to unemployment benefits isn t a problem of the past, but a plight that continues today.
and last updated 2021-04-23 18:28:51-04
BRADENTON, Fla. â For thousands of Floridians, the fight for access to unemployment benefits isn t a problem of the past, but a plight that continues today.
It s a problem the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) has acknowledged but hasn t fixed, as financial situations for some families grow more desperate.