/tags/courts Courts en-US SA国际传谋 Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2026-01-26/florida-appeals-court-sides-with-state-in-challenge-over-marijuana-petitions Dealing a blow to supporters of a proposed recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment, an appeals court has rejected a challenge to directives by Secretary of State Cord Byrd to invalidate more than 70,000 petition signatures. Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2026-01-26/florida-appeals-court-sides-with-state-in-challenge-over-marijuana-petitions Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /law-justice/2025-12-22/family-court-domestic-violence-florida-broward In Florida鈥檚 family courts, parents who exhibit red flags of future violent behavior towards their spouses or children are routinely given access to those individuals - with vulnerable women often at a disadvantage. SA国际传谋 looks at the flaws in the system through three South Florida cases where these warning signs were ignored, with tragic results. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2025-12-22/family-court-domestic-violence-florida-broward Carlton Gillespie /americas/2025-10-22/appeals-court-overturns-conviction-of-colombian-ex-president-uribe-for-bribery-and-witness-tampering He was sentenced to 12 years in house arrest in August following a nearly six-month trial in which prosecutors presented evidence that he attempted to influence witnesses who accused the law-and-order leader of having links to a paramilitary group in the 1990s. In the appeal, his lawyers questioned the validity of the evidence and argued that the former president's responsibility was not "unequivocally" proven. Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:37:00 GMT /americas/2025-10-22/appeals-court-overturns-conviction-of-colombian-ex-president-uribe-for-bribery-and-witness-tampering Astrid Suarez | Associated Press /law-justice/2025-02-28/chief-judge-jack-tuter-broward-retirement-parkland During his tenure, he guided the 17th Judicial Circuit Court in Broward County through changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and oversaw the death penalty trial for the gunman who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2025-02-28/chief-judge-jack-tuter-broward-retirement-parkland Carlton Gillespie /law-justice/2024-06-03/trump-run-president-vote-convicted-felon PolitiFact provides some answers to the many legal questions coming out of Trump's New York convictions and his bid for the presidency. Mon, 03 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-06-03/trump-run-president-vote-convicted-felon Louis Jacobson and Samantha Putterman | PolitiFact /law-justice/2024-05-31/guilty-verdict-fact-check-trump-claims PolitiFact fact-checks several of the former president's statements and claims about his New York case. Fri, 31 May 2024 13:06:21 GMT /law-justice/2024-05-31/guilty-verdict-fact-check-trump-claims Madison Czopek | PolitiFact, Amy Sherman | PolitiFact /law-justice/2024-03-12/floridas-indigency-fees-pose-financial-challenges-to-the-legally-poor Indigency applications, filed when a person has been charged with a crime, are the gateway to a poor person鈥檚 court process. Before they can reap these benefits, though, they must pay a fee of $50. Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-03-12/floridas-indigency-fees-pose-financial-challenges-to-the-legally-poor Bea Lunardini | WUFT /law-justice/2024-01-09/jury-duty-scam-florida A nationwide scam involving jury duty and fines for a claimed non-appearance has prompted an alert from officials of the U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-01-09/jury-duty-scam-florida WGCU Staff /government-politics/2023-11-06/a-committee-says-floridas-judicial-circuits-should-not-be-consolidated A committee appointed by the Florida Supreme Court has unanimously recommended against shrinking the number of judicial circuits in the state. Mon, 06 Nov 2023 19:37:44 GMT /government-politics/2023-11-06/a-committee-says-floridas-judicial-circuits-should-not-be-consolidated The News Service of Florida /technology/2023-01-25/a-robot-was-scheduled-to-argue-in-court-then-came-the-jail-threats The man behind a startup called DoNotPay planned to use AI to help fight a traffic ticket. But professional lawyers shut it down. Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:30:00 GMT /technology/2023-01-25/a-robot-was-scheduled-to-argue-in-court-then-came-the-jail-threats Bobby Allyn