The Legislature has agreed to revise a Vietnam-era law that makes drug dealing first-degree murder when a customer dies of an overdose. The Senate voted 33-5 on March 11 to approve HB 95 by Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood. Sen. Jason Brodeur, R-Lake Mary, sponsored the companion, SB 190. The measure passed in the waning hours of the…
Sen. Janet Cruz A Senate panel has approved a measure designed to protect domestic violence victims by speeding the delivery of protective orders to law enforcement. The Judiciary Committee voted unanimously January 31 to approve SB 654 by Sen. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa. “Currently these petitions for injunction are going out by the…
Kevin Napper Tampa attorney Kevin Napper spent part of September 11, 2001, in a law firm conference room glued to cable TV. “We were all trying to grasp the enormity of it, was our country really under attack? Did we all need to go home and be with our families?” Twenty…
