Miami Herald by Steve Contorno May 5, 2017 More than 2.7 million criminal records will be sealed and the arrest records of hundreds of thousands of people will be concealed under a bill heading to Gov. Rick Scott’s desk. An open records advocacy group is sounding the alarm and calling for Scott to veto the […]
Don’t conceal criminal records from public
Orlando Sentinel Editorial May 1, 2017 In a bid to give a break to Floridians who are arrested but not convicted of crimes, the state Legislature has passed a bill that would automatically seal criminal-history records of anyone whose charges are dropped or who is acquitted in a trial. What could be wrong with that? […]
Blotting out police-blotter histories would be a bad move
The Ledger Editorial May 2, 2017 For the past few weeks, it has become evident that the Florida Legislature can’t agree on much. Democrats fight with Republicans, Republicans fight with Republicans, the House fights with the Senate, lawmakers fight with the governor. Yet there is one thing all of them can agree on — undermining […]
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