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In some of the highest-profile cases, the zeal to send an anti-brutality message to law enforcement is not shared by the citizens who sit on juries. Take Steven Pohorence, accused of pushing a kneeling protester during a Black Lives Matter protest. The jury found him not guilty this week.

In some of the highest-profile cases, the zeal to send an anti-brutality message to law enforcement is not shared by the citizens who sit on juries. Take Steven Pohorence, accused of pushing a kneeling protester during a Black Lives Matter protest. The jury found him not guilty this week.

Revealed: a private autopsy report shared with the Guardian concludes Desir’s death was a homicide. This article contains description of physical violence

Six Broward Sheriff’s detention deputies who fought with a jail inmate having an apparent mental breakdown before he died won’t face criminal charges or any discipline.

Outstanding fines prevent too many Floridians from voting.

Taking away a license over unpaid fines for minor traffic infractions makes work and family life a misery for low-income Americans. States should reform this punitive, unjust practice.

New task force aims to help drivers with suspended licenses in Miami-Dade Tags:  More than 630,000 Miami-Dade drivers have suspended licenses over unpaid fees MIAMI – Marq Mitchell received a ticket. He couldn’t afford to pay for car insurance. He couldn’t afford to pay for Miami-Dade County court costs fees. His driver’s license was suspended. Mitchell couldn’t fix the problem for about five years. It’s a defeating cycle. For some drivers, poverty is to blame. A license suspensi...

By the middle of April 2020, Broward's jail population dropped to under 3,000 for the first time in decades. It couldn’t last forever, and it hasn’t.