/law-justice Law & Justice en-US WLRN Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:08:24 GMT /law-justice/2024-09-16/trump-assassination-attempt-west-palm-beach Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, told The New York Times in 2023 that he had traveled to Ukraine and wanted to recruit Afghan soldiers to fight there. Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:08:24 GMT /law-justice/2024-09-16/trump-assassination-attempt-west-palm-beach Adam Goldman, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Glenn Thrush and Najim Rahim | The New York Times /law-justice/2024-09-13/lawsuit-targets-state-website-advocating-against-abortion-ballot-measure The lawsuit, filed in Leon County circuit court by attorneys for the Floridians Protecting Freedom committee, seeks a temporary injunction to prevent the agency from continuing to disseminate the information online and through television and radio ads. Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-09-13/lawsuit-targets-state-website-advocating-against-abortion-ballot-measure Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /government-politics/2024-09-10/monroe-keys-tourism-tdc-whistleblower-lawsuit Months after the Florida Keys’ top tourism director was fired following several audits of the Tourist Development Council, the county now faces a whistleblower lawsuit. Tue, 10 Sep 2024 18:27:51 GMT /government-politics/2024-09-10/monroe-keys-tourism-tdc-whistleblower-lawsuit Julia Cooper /law-justice/2024-09-09/incarceration-deaths-are-increasing-across-the-country-including-in-florida So far this year, the Leon County Detention Facility has seen six inmates die from a range of causes. That’s a lot for Leon – and well above similar facilities in Florida. But it’s consistent with the increase in incarceration deaths across the country. Mon, 09 Sep 2024 18:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-09-09/incarceration-deaths-are-increasing-across-the-country-including-in-florida Margie Menzel /law-justice/2024-09-06/rift-between-parkland-massacre-survivor-and-some-families-of-the-dead-erupts-in-court A nasty rift between the most seriously wounded survivor of the 2018 Parkland school massacre and some families of the 17 murdered has erupted in court. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:03:13 GMT /law-justice/2024-09-06/rift-between-parkland-massacre-survivor-and-some-families-of-the-dead-erupts-in-court Terry Spencer | Associated Press /law-justice/2024-09-04/florida-keys-jan-6 Justice Department officials say that 52-year-old Bryan Bishop of Marathon sprayed a chemical irritant at two police officers during the attack on the Capitol. Wed, 04 Sep 2024 20:13:23 GMT /law-justice/2024-09-04/florida-keys-jan-6 WLRN News Staff /law-justice/2024-09-03/florida-urges-appeals-court-to-uphold-gun-age-law The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit challenging the age restriction shortly after then-Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-controlled Legislature rushed to include it in a sweeping school-safety bill that passed after the February 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-09-03/florida-urges-appeals-court-to-uphold-gun-age-law Dara Kam | News Service Florida /law-justice/2024-09-03/activists-charged-with-pushing-russian-propaganda-go-on-trial-in-florida Experts say the case offers a window into how the Russian government tries to influence American elections and promote its own geopolitical agenda. Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-09-03/activists-charged-with-pushing-russian-propaganda-go-on-trial-in-florida Patricia Mazzei | The New York Times /law-justice/2024-09-02/justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-is-hitting-the-road-to-promote-her-new-memoir-lovely-one The Supreme Court Justice, who was raised in Miami, is using the book to trace her family's rise from segregation to her confirmation as the first Black woman on the nation's highest court in the span of one generation. Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:20:53 GMT /law-justice/2024-09-02/justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-is-hitting-the-road-to-promote-her-new-memoir-lovely-one Mark Sherman | The Associated Press /law-justice/2024-08-30/miami-police-civilian-investigative-panel Miami's Civilian Investigative Panel has sued the city after officials announced they'd be defunding the independent police watchdog group. The panel believes it can remain in existence, despite a state law aimed at police oversight. Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:31:36 GMT /law-justice/2024-08-30/miami-police-civilian-investigative-panel Joshua Ceballos