Sarasota Herald-Tribune Staff Report October 19, 2017 The Herald-Tribune’s “Bias on the Bench” series is a finalist for two national EPPY Awards from Editor and Publisher. The project by reporters Josh Salman, Emily Le Coz and Elizabeth Johnson — which found judges throughout Florida sentence black defendants to harsher punishments than whites charged with the […]
‘Bias’ earns state award
Herald-Tribune July 28, 2017 Herald-Tribune reporters Emily Le Coz and Josh Salman received the “L. Clayton Nance Award” on Thursday from the Florida Public Defender Association for their “Bias on the Bench” series, which found judges throughout Florida sentence black defendants to harsher punishments than whites charged with the same crimes under similar circumstances. The award honors people […]
