Dara Kam News Service Of Florida

December 06, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The state plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a landmark case in which the justices struck down as unconstitutional Florida's death-penalty sentencing procedure because it gave too much power to judges, instead of juries.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

December 06, 2016 | Daily Business Review

In a move that would be certain to spur more litigation over the state's already embattled death penalty, Florida corrections officials appear to be planning what could be a dramatic change to the triple-drug lethal injection process, including the use of a drug never before used for executions.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

13 minute read

November 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A lawyer who once worked to keep David Duke off the presidential ballot in Florida and two appellate judges who pledged to use judicial restraint are on a short list of replacements for retiring Florida Supreme Court Justice James E.C. Perry.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

10 minute read

November 28, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The 11 candidates hoping to join the Florida Supreme Court present a stark contrast to Justice James E.C. Perry, who is stepping down after seven years on the court due to a constitutionally mandated retirement.

By Dara Kam News Service of Florida

14 minute read

November 22, 2016 | Daily Business Review

In a highly unusual move, Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Labarga has ordered an investigation of a death penalty lawyer who has repeatedly missed critical deadlines, was involved in a capital case in which roach-infested boxes of documents were destroyed by rain and who is currently representing two inmates who are trying to fire her.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

13 minute read

November 18, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Supreme Court overturned death sentences and ordered life in prison for two inmates, ruling in one case that a convicted murderer who was not the triggerman should not have received a harsher sentence than his co-defendants.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

10 minute read

November 10, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Striking a blow to the state, a federal judge ruled that the Seminole Tribe of Florida can continue to offer blackjack at its casinos for another 14 years.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

10 minute read

November 03, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments about a proposed constitutional amendment that could severely limit the expansion of gambling in Florida by giving voters, instead of state lawmakers or counties, control over casino-style games.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

October 28, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Rejecting arguments that the records must be kept secret, a federal magistrate has ordered the Florida Department of Corrections to give a decade's worth of documents about drugs used in the state's lethal-injection procedure to lawyers representing seven Arizona death row inmates.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

10 minute read

October 21, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Supreme Court ordered a new trial for a convicted killer who has spent more than four decades on death row for a racially charged murder during civil unrest in the Jacksonville area.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

10 minute read