Criminal Justice

One of the vetoed bills (HB 605) would have revised a law that prohibits adults from having criminal records expunged if they had records expunged as juveniles.

A Cape Coral mother will spend the rest of her life in prison in a case involving the starvation death of her 18-month-old son in 2019.

Florida held a clemency board meeting Wednesday for 70 of the 13,000 felons seeking to have their rights restored. Commissioner Nikki Fried is a member...

Florida is one of only three states that allows prosecutors to have the only say if a juvenile suspect is tried as an adult.

Florida’s prison population appears to be on the decline.

A Florida drug dealer has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his customer's fatal overdose. Court records show that 25-year-old Hugo...

A new study out of Florida Tech finds defendants who make it through mental health court are less likely to be arrested again.

A new study from the Florida Institute of Technology finds that criminal defendants who graduate from mental health court are much less likely to be…

Despite past failed legislative attempts, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers is vowing to continue their work on criminal justice reform—particularly within...

Florida has one of the largest prison populations in the U.S. As of 2016, there were 99,000 people incarcerated in the state. The number peaked in 2011...