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The Pinellas County Sheriffs' office wants to weigh in on a case that will decide whether officers can use the state’s crime victims law to shield themselves if they’re involved in a shooting while on duty.
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It's based on a case out of Boynton Beach. A Tallahassee case now before the court asks whether law enforcement officers can have their identities shielded when they’re threatened by suspects.
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The Florida Supreme Court will take up a legal battle about whether a 2018 constitutional amendment known as “Marsy’s Law” can shield the identities of police officers.
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They range from Florida's law cracking down on protests to whether sports betting will be allowed in the state.
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A well-funded, and mostly misunderstood, 2018 ballot amendment could roll back public oversight of the police for the foreseeable future. How did we get here?
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“That a use of force is justified does not shield the identity of the person using it from public view,” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri’s attorneys wrote in the document.
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The lawsuit is the first major test of whether Marsy’s Law conflicts with Florida's decades-old government-in-the-sunshine amendment.
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The court ruling marks the first major test of the new Marsy’s Law protections for crime victims — even when the victims are police officers.
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The First Amendment Foundation (FAF) in Tallahassee keeps watch over policy discussions that could impede the public’s right to know about government...
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Backers of a November constitutional amendment designed to expand crime-victims’ rights said Monday they have requested records from prosecutors across...
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A bill in the legislature that would implement Marsy's Law may be going nowhere this session. That could mean continued confusion over what the intent of…
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The name of one of the five victims of the Sebring bank shootings was being withheld by police. This may be an unintended side effect of Marsy's Law -…