Stand Your Ground

TALLAHASSEE (The News Service of Florida) — Lawmakers won't be back at the Capitol for a session until March after all.Republicans have returned enough…

Since July 16, a group of protestors has occupied the area of the Florida State Capitol outside Governor Rick Scott’s office. Ever since the verdict in…

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Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford says he’s open to a legislative panel reviewing the state’s Stand Your Ground Law. Weatherford’s comments came in an

Florida Governor Rick Scott is criticizing Reverend Jesse Jackson over remarks he made while joining a Capitol protest Tuesday. Jackson made his remarks

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

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…

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.

After the Reverend Jesse Jackson met with Marissa Alexander at the Duval County Jail Tuesday, her team of attorneys continued their efforts to get the…

Attorneys are continuing to interview 500 prospective jurors for the second-degree murder trial of former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman --