My Father Went Off the Deep End and I Ended Up in Jail
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I am an inmate at Liberty Correctional in Bristol, Fla. I am going on my 12th year of a 40-year-sentence for a nonviolent, first-time offense I committed 60 days into my 17th birthday.
Florida Legislature Needs to Find Courage to Change Law
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In 1999, the Florida Legislature reimposed mandatory minimum sentences for drug trafficking after repealing most of those same laws in 1993.
Mandatory Minimum Bill Before Senate Could Eventually Help Juveniles at State Level
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A bipartisan criminal justice bill before the Senate would affect only a handful of federal juvenile offenders, but legal experts hope it may spark action at the state level.