Unarmed Black Man Lying In The Street With Hands Up Gets Shot By Police In North MiamiNew video out of North Miami shows an unarmed black man moments before and after he was shot by police while lying in the street with his hands up.Behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey, 47, is recovering in an area hospital after being shot in the leg three times during the incident, which took place on Monday.According to local Fox station WSVN, police were... [...]
What A Wonderful Life I’ve Had! I Only Wish I’d Realized It Sooner. — Colette.What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. - Colette.It still amazes me how the minutiae of my day can make me notice only the hard parts as if I am endlessly rowing against the current. If you are experiencing separation and divorce, this repeated pattern may lead you to believe it’s futile to consider joy as part of your daily... [...]
Needed fixes to Florida's death penalty law remain elusiveThe House Judiciary Committee passed a bill that changes state law to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court case that invalidated the law because judges — not juries — make the final decisions to warrant the death penalty. The decision, Hurst vs. Florida, was issued on Jan. 12, the day the legislative session began.Timothy Lee Hurst was convicted of using a box cutter to kill a co-worker... [...]
Deputy 'briefly' lost handcuff key days after Broward County courthouse escapeA Broward Sheriff's Office detention deputy "briefly" misplaced a handcuff key in a Broward County courtroom just days after a 21-year-old murder suspect escaped from the courthouse, a BSO spokeswoman told Local 10 News.BSO spokeswoman Keyla Concepcion said the deputy's key was misplaced Tuesday and later found, but she said it had nothing to do with the escape of... [...]
Broward Public Defender Questions Crime Lab’s DNA ID ProcessFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — Questions have come up over the way DNA has been identified at the Broward Sheriff’s Office crime lab – prompting a call for a grand jury investigation and a second look at closed cases.In a letter to Broward State Attorney Mike Satz on Thursday, Public Defender Howard Finkelstein called the process used by the crime lab is “tantamount to... [...]
