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The Stand Your Ground law will get hearings when the Florida Legislature convenes for regular business next month. But no significant changes in the law
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Welcome to WJCT First Read, your daily weekday morning round-up of stories from the First Coast, around Florida, and across the country. We'll also…
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Florida’s juvenile justice system has been at the forefront of discussions around the state lately, with a push to reform laws affecting residents under…
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The calls to boycott Florida grew louder and more widespread on Friday after Gov. Rick Scott reiterated his support for the broad self-defense law that was
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Efforts to change Florida’s stand-your-ground law appear to be gaining momentum.Today, State Senator Audrey Gibson (D-Jacksonville) told a crowd gathered…
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In extensive and personal comments about the Florida teen's death and the trial that just concluded with a not guilty verdict for the man who fired the fatal shot, the president urged Americans to consider why African-Americans have reacted so strongly.
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson was in town today as a local Stand Your Ground case gets national attention. The 2010 case of Marissa Alexander is back in the…
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In his first public comments since a jury acquitted George Zimmerman of all charges, Attorney General Eric Holder did not announce any new federal action on the case.
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An estimated 500 people came together in Hemming Plaza to remember Trayvon Martin and to call for change on Sunday. Martin was the 17-year-old black…
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George Zimmerman's verdict is in, but public opinion continues to play out. Some prayed or protested, while others felt justice had been served by Zimmerman's acquittal in the fatal shooting of black teen Trayvon Martin.