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Woman in Florida 'Stand Your Ground' Case Released From Jail
A woman who claimed self-defense after prosecutors say she fired a gun at her estranged husband and his two sons will be released from prison as part of a plea agreement for time served.
Marissa Alexander on Tuesday was sentenced to the 1,095 days she has already served in jail after pleading guilty to three... [...]
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/01/27/florida-licenses-more-t...
Florida Licenses More Than 600 New Foster Homes
The Sunshine State’s child welfare officials have recruited hundreds of new foster homes.
The increase, to more than 600, comes after lawmakers passed a measure in 2013 aimed at improving the quality of people recruited to become foster parents and help retaining them.
The program also works to improve child safety and... [...]
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International Fugitive Wanted on Child Porn Charges Arrested at MIA
A man wanted on a dozen counts of promoting child pornography was arrested at Miami International Airport as he arrived from Belize.
Robert Andrew Ragin, 54, was wanted in Brevard County on the child porn charges. The U.S. Marshal’s Service, along with Customs and Border Protection met Ragin at the gate... [...]
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Parents Charged After 6 Children Found in Squalid Home
The parents of six central Florida children have been arrested after police discovered them squatting in a house with no electricity or running water and filled with roaches and animal feces.DaQuan Smith, 35, and Eboni Tucker-Smith, 32, were taken into custody along with the children's grandmother, 50-year-old Delthy... [...]
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Resentencing hearing for man in 11-year-old sister's killing continues
It was witchcraft, Ronald Eric Salazar said.
His parents, Samuel and Nuvia Salazar, went to a witch in El Salvador, who said Salazar had inherited a "voodoo" curse from his father. When his parents decided to make the journey to the United States without him in 1991, they left him with his grandparents... [...]
