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Florida passed HB 1371, the Prisoner Release Reoffender Act, in May 1997. [2] This so-called "two-strikes" law dictates that individuals convicted of certain categories of crime who reoffend within three years is subject to life in prison without parole, even if this is only a second offense, gaining the distinction of, "one of the strictest sentencing laws in the US."
Florida passed HB 1371, the Prisoner Release Reoffender Act, in May 1997, which in of itself is a "two-strikes" law. The Florida "two strikes law" dictates that individuals convicted of certain categories of crime who reoffend within three years is subject to life in prison without parole, even if this is only a second offense, gaining the ...
The Florida Statute 775.087, [1] known as the 10-20-Life law, is a mandatory minimum sentencing law in the U.S. state of Florida. The law concerns the use of a firearm during the commission of a forcible felony. [2] [3] The Florida Statute's name comes from a set of three basic minimum sentences it provides for. A public service announcement ...
Under Florida's "pay-to-stay" law, inmates are charged $50 for every day of their sentence—including time they never spent incarcerated. She Only Served 10 Months Behind Bars. Florida Still ...
The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice instead allowed the company to withdraw from the contract eight months early. In a brief news release at the time, the company said it was closing Pahokee and three other facilities across the country that were “unprofitable” in the most recent quarter. There was no mention of the state’s findings.
Jessica's Law is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law, as well as laws in several other states, designed to protect potential victims and reduce a sexual offender's ability to re-offend which includes a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison and lifetime electronic monitoring when the victim is less than 12 years old.
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The Florida Commission on Offender Review. Retrieved 2 May 2022. Dunkelberger, Lloyd; December 4, Florida Phoenix; 2019. "More elderly and ill prisoners would be eligible for release under a proposed House bill". Florida Phoenix. Retrieved 2022-05-02. "Florida Cabinet". MyFlorida.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.