Dara Kam

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

October 19, 2016 | Daily Business Review

For the second year in a row, Florida lawmakers will attempt to fix the state's death penalty sentencing scheme in response to court rulings finding that the process is unconstitutional.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

9 minute read

October 18, 2016 | Daily Business Review

With medical marijuana already a reality in Florida, voters will decide in November whether to vastly expand the types of patients who are eligible for the treatment.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

14 minute read

October 10, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A Northeast Florida nursery failed to convince an administrative law judge that health officials should have granted the grower one of five highly sought-after licenses to grow, process and sell medical marijuana.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

October 05, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A top gambling regulator blamed a lower-level state employee for a decision involving controversial "designated-player" card games, which are at the heart of a federal lawsuit that could determine whether the Seminole Tribe can continue to offer blackjack at tribal casinos.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

8 minute read

September 28, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Throughout this year, Florida's death penalty has been in a state of limbo. Executions are on hold, judges across the state are postponing death penalty cases, and defense lawyers are seeking additional reviews in the aftermath of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in January that struck down Florida's death penalty sentencing process.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

13 minute read

September 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Nearly eight years after Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet did away with quasi-automatic restoration of civil rights, voters may have a chance to approve a constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights for nonviolent felons.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

7 minute read

September 15, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Saying they did not follow their own rules, an administrative law judge scalded state health officials for the method used to grant highly coveted medical-marijuana licenses to nurseries last fall.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

9 minute read

September 02, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A federal judge appeared skeptical of the state's defense of how gambling regulators handled controversial "designated player" card games at the heart of a legal challenge by the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

10 minute read

August 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Florida gambling overseers were wrong to do away with a rule governing controversial "designated player" card games at pari-mutuel facilities without replacing the regulations, an administrative law judge said.

By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida

9 minute read