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Floridians are showing out for prison reform
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The Sarasota County Legislative Delegation Friday met with civic organizations and county residents to discuss priorities for Florida’s 2021 legislative session. Among many areas of concern discussed, none was talked about more than prison reform.
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‘Nobody had any choice in this’
Dean and friend Eric Flint were caught burglarizing a home by the home’s owner, Gregory Marlow. Both fled, Dean in a car and Flint on foot. Marlow got in an SUV and chased Dean. Dean stopped to pick up Flint and Marlow, whom dispatchers had told to stand down, plowed into Flint, killing him instantly.
For years, Linda Tomlinson has insisted that the man convicted in her son’s 2005 death doesn’t deserve to spend the rest of his life in prison.
While the retired Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy returned to court on Friday and tearfully made the same plea, her cries for justice for her 25-year-old son, Eric Flint, were ignored.
Christopher Dean, who watched as another man drove his SUV into Flint, for the fourth time was handed a life sentence.
Given Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg s insistence that Dean should die in prison, the ruling by Circuit Judge Karen Miller didn’t come as a complete surprise to Public Defender Carey Haughwout, who represents Dean.