Circuit Judge Peter Estrada, with the 10th Judicial Circuit, accepted an invitation to serve on the Florida Supreme Court's Standing Committee On Fairness and Diversity. ...more

December 19, 2008

Attacks against Seminole gaming came from all sides Thursday, starting with a call from the state attorney general for federal prosecution of the tribe for operating card games prohibited in Florida. ...more

December 19, 2008

Attacks came from all sides against Seminole gaming on Thursday, starting with a call from the state Attorney General for federal prosecution of the tribe for operating card games prohibited in Florida. ...more

December 18, 2008

One death row inmate convicted of killing and robbing an elderly man will be retried. Another, who raped a pregnant woman and killed her husband, will get a new sentencing hearing. ...more

December 11, 2008

State lawmakers have formed a panel to dig into the details of the state's gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe. ...more

December 10, 2008

A state panel interviewed 18 applicants Monday for a third Florida Supreme Court opening in less than a year and now will send the names of at least three nominees to Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

December 9, 2008

Scheduling problems have delayed talks between state officials and the Seminole Tribe about its gambling compact, a lawyer for the Seminoles said. ...more

December 6, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist gets his chance to appoint two more justices to the Florida Supreme Court, with one justice making his retirement official Monday. ...more

November 18, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist will have a chance to appoint a third person to the Florida Supreme Court, after the announcement today that Justice Charles T. Wells will retire. ...more

November 17, 2008

Convicted killer Faunce Pearce may yet escape a death sentence, but a Florida Supreme Court ruling Thursday ensures he won't have a chance at freedom any time soon. ...more

November 14, 2008