In this age of social media, the Florida Supreme Court wants jurors to be clear -- dont tweet or blog about the criminal case.
The states top court added some new jury instruction for criminal cases on Thursday, where trial judges must now also tell jurors during the selection process that:
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The unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket/Dragon space capsule, a private venture, launched successfully at 3:44 a.m. from Cape Canaveral.
Dragon, an undertaking by billionaire Elon Musk, is the first nongovernmental spacecraft launched to the International Space Station.
A number of in-orbit test maneuvers are still needed for NASA to approve the mission to dock with the ISS.
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The agenda for day two of the Gov. Rick Scott-headed Enterprise Florida business development and Viva 500 promotional trip in Spain:
9:00 a.m. CEDT (Central Europe Daylight Time): Meeting with Jaime Garcia-Legaz, vice minister of commerce of Spain, and Maria del Coriseo Gonzalez-Izquierda, CEO of Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade, at the CECO Centro de Estudios Econicos y Comerciales.
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Daniel Boom Robledo, who faces charges associated with the state attorneys office crackdown on the SUR-13 street gang, received a life sentence Monday for the second-degree murder of a Manatee County man.
Robledo will return to the courtroom in November to face racketeering charges and three counts of armed robbery.
This man is the fourth SUR-13 gang member sentenced to prison in recent months, Attorney General Pam Bondi stated in a release.
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Following up on calls to raise premiums to match risk, Florida's state-backed property insurer is taking a second look at wind mitigation incentives put in place a decade ago.
For many of its customers, that means higher rates.
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. plans to take a look at 209,000 residential policies by the end of the year to see if granted wind mitigation credits are warranted.
James O'Keefe, the videographer who helped expose and defund ACORN with his viral videos about voter fraud and other government-enabled hijinks, says election scams are continuing bigger than ever.
What's worse, he says the mainstream media's "profound lack of curiosity" is keeping the illicit activity out of the public eye.
In Orlando on Monday, political consultant Doug Guetzloe, founder and chairman of Ax the Tax, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for failing to file his tax returns.
Prosecutors said Guetzloe failed to file returns on almost $187,000 in income in 2005, and more than $188,000 in 2006.
During his February trial, IRS employees testified that Guetzloe repeatedly filed his tax returns late, and because of that, accrued more than $200,000 in fines and penalties.
His attorney asked for, but was denied, just probation for his client.
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The team behind Republican Senate hopeful Connie Mack on Monday continued to drill primary rivalfor his ties to former Gov. Charlie Crist -- and demanded the U.S. Department of Justice launch a criminal investigation that LeMieux used improper influence to get Crist to appoint him to the Senate.
LeMieux and Mack are both angling for the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November.
Before heading overseas, Gov. Scott said that he would like to see some people prosecuted if an arranged effort was made to put on the voter rolls non-Floridians and those ineligible to cast a ballot.
Interviewed by BIZPAC Review in Boca Raton last week, Scott said he hoped there would be prosecutions if people purposely register to vote when ineligible.
We have laws, you should comply with the laws of our state. You should not be voting if youre not a registered voter, Scott responded in a BIZPAC interview on May 16.
After all the jousting over who knew what and when they knew it, 41,000 more Florida students could have passed the FCAT writing exam if the state Department of Education had taken one simple step.
