Highlands County's Top 10 Stories of 2013

Highlands County's Top 10 Stories of 2013

Filed under: drug treatment programs in florida for felons

"More and more of these violent felons who don't want to go back to jail want to shoot it out," said Frank Chiumento, chief inspector for the Florida Regional Task force for the U.S. Marshals Service. JAY MEISEL. No. 3 Leitzel becomes SFSC's fourth …
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THEIR OPINION — For Jan. 15

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Last month, a federal judge ruled Florida's law was unconstitutional. Why should Indiana try the same thing and expect different … Under the new law, sentences can be reduced by only 25 percent, and some sentences for serious, violent felonies will …
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State Highlights: Md. Expected To Give Retroactive Health Coverage After …

Filed under: drug treatment programs in florida for felons

Jerry Brown's plan to at least partly comply with a federal court order to reduce prison overcrowding could make several thousand felons eligible for release, and free hundreds of them in the first six months. The governor's budget proposal, released …
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