Jim Saunders

June 13, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Attorneys for convicted murderer Duane Owen contend that he "lacks a rational understanding of the connection between his crime and [the] impending execution due to his fixed psychotic delusions and dementia."

By Jim Saunders

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June 13, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Florida wants to import drugs to treat conditions such as HIV and AIDS, hepatitis C, diabetes and mental illness, according to court documents.

By Jim Saunders

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June 12, 2023 | Daily Business Review

In seeking to halt the execution, Duane Owen's attorneys have pointed to the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment, and legal precedents that prevent executing people who are not mentally competent.

By Jim Saunders

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June 06, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Supreme Court ruled that a claim by death row inmate Duane Owen about brain damage "does not constitute newly discovered evidence" under legal tests.

By Jim Saunders

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June 06, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Florida, Louisiana and the other states are challenging a new system called "Risk Rating 2.0: Equity in Action" that changed the methodology for determining flood-insurance prices.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

June 06, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A coalition of voting-rights groups and individual plaintiffs contends, in part, that the redistricting plan violates the 2010 "Fair Districts" constitutional amendment because it diminishes the voting power of Black residents in North Florida.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

June 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A 19-year-old Stetson University football player collapsed and died on the sideline during a 2017 practice.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

June 02, 2023 | Daily Business Review

A Leon County circuit judge said that courts have repeatedly interpreted state law to mean that the attorney general "retains all of the historic, sovereign common law powers and duties to represent and protect the people of Florida and their interests."

By Jim Saunders

4 minute read

June 01, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Duane Owen was convicted for the murder of Georgianna Worden, who was bludgeoned with a hammer and sexually assaulted in her Boca Raton home in May 1984, according to the death warrant and court records.

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

May 31, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The lawsuit points to duplication of programs with nearby Florida State University and an alleged failure to have "unique" noncore programs at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, the state's only historically Black public university.

By Jim Saunders

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