Anti-Revenge Porn Movement Makes HeadwayThe war against revenge porn appears to be turning.Not so long ago, a vindictive ex-lover could spread online explicit photos of a former partner — usually a woman — without much in the way of consequences. That’s no longer the case, the Washington Post reports:Government officials are more aggressively pursuing people who leak such images and the Web sites set up to profit from them.... [...]
A Florida teen is being honored for helping save the life of a police officer who was booking him into jail.
Jamal Rutledge, 17, will be honored on Jan. 21 for helping save the life of Officer Franklin Foulks, who collapsed off his chair on Sept. 10 as he was processing the paperwork, report the Sun-Sentinel, NBC Miami, WTSP and the Raw Story.
Rutledge responded by kicking the security fence and yelling for help. Officers who arrived... [...]
The Florida Supreme Court amended the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure last week, stripping Florida state prosecutors of their discretion to disclose information about informants. Under a new rule that lifts the curtain on the jailhouse snitches who long have been the source of false testimony in criminal cases, juries will be provided a more complete picture of the context of an informant’s testimony.
The Innocence Commission... [...]
Snap, crackle, pot — that’s the sound of the state’s case fizzling against a Coconut Grove man accused of trafficking marijuana baked into Rice Krispie treats.
An attorney for a Coconut Grove man successfully argued that the actual pot in 437 “Wake Bake” bars did not weigh enough to merit a drug trafficking charge.
Prosecutors on Thursday dropped the most serious of several charges against Albert Duran after his lawyers argued... [...]
Homeless man gets job offers after he seeks maximum sentence for bank robberyA homeless man in Indiana is getting some job offers after telling a judge he would plead guilty to bank robbery if he got the maximum sentence.David Potchen was on probation for a prior bank robbery and working as a welder when he was laid off from his job last March, the Post-Tribune reported last week. He told Judge Clarence Murray last Wednesday that he... [...]
