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Retiring Justice gives final voice of reason on Florida’s death penalty

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There are some things that only lawyers can explain. This is one of them. But I defy them to make sense of it. Just in time for Christmas, the Florida Supreme Court in two cases last week gave new leases on life to 213 convicted killers but turned down about 173 more. The only difference between the two groups is the turn of one page on the calendar. Those whose sentences ā€” or new sentences after appeal ā€” became “final”…

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Rick Scott picks C. Alan Lawson for Supreme Court

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Conservative appellate judge C. Alan LawsonĀ will become the next Florida Supreme Court justice,Ā Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday morning. Lawson, who will replace retiring JusticeĀ James E.C. Perry, is chief judge of the state’sĀ 5th District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach.Ā Perry’s retirement is effective Dec. 30; Lawson’s first day is the 31st. “He’s got a 20-year track record, he’s been a public servant, he clearly believes in following the rule of law,” Scott said, standing next toĀ Lawson ā€“ his first ever Supreme…

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Florida Supreme Court rejects shift in insurance claims law

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The Florida Supreme Court has overturned a lower-court ruling that would have made it harder for policyholders to collect on insurance policies when there is more than one cause for their losses. At issue in Sebo v. American Home Assurance Co. was competing doctrines for resolving claims under all-risk policies in those circumstances. Under the so-called ā€œefficient proximate causeā€ theory, if the first cause of any damage ā€” say, construction defects ā€” isnā€™t explicitly covered, nothing else is. Under the…

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Supreme Court candidates are all about conservatism

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The first three candidates to be interviewed for state Supreme Court justice burnished their conservative credentials Monday afternoon. The Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission began interviewing the 11 applicants to replace retiring Justice James E.C. Perry, who departs the bench Dec. 30. The nominating panel will forward six names by Dec. 13 to Gov. Rick Scott, who will then name Perryā€™s replacement. This is Scottā€™s first chance to pick a state Supreme Court justice, and thus the first opportunity to…

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Supreme Court candidate interviews will be live streamed

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The Florida Channel plans to live stream the interviews of candidates for an opening on the Florida Supreme Court. The interviews are open to the public, but they will be held in Orlando next Monday, instead of Tallahassee. They’ll be at the offices of the GrayRobinson law firm, whereĀ Supreme Court Judicial Nominating CommissionĀ chair Jason Unger is a shareholder. TheĀ commissionĀ previously voted to interview all 11 applicants for the vacancy on the court created by the December retirement of Justice James E.C.…

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Commission will interview all Supreme Court applicants

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TheĀ Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission on Monday voted to interview all 11 applicants for a vacancy on the court. The interviews, open to the public, will be held in Orlando Nov. 28, starting around noon and likely lasting through 7 p.m., said Jason Unger, the commission’s chair. The panel held a brief organizational conference call on Monday morning. The interviewees are: ā€” Judge Wendy W. Berger of the 5th District Court of Appeal. ā€” Circuit Judge Alice L. Blackwell of…

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11 apply for Florida Supreme Court

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As of the Friday deadline, 11 people had applied to become the next justice of theĀ FloridaĀ Supreme Court.Ā  The last application received was from Circuit Judge Michael Joseph RudisillĀ of theĀ 18th Judicial Circuit forĀ Brevard and Seminole counties. There, Rudisill replacedĀ James E.C. Perry, now the justice whose December retirement is creating the Supreme Court vacancy. Besides Rudisill, here are the other applicants that will now be considered by theĀ Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission: ā€” Judge Wendy W. Berger of the 5th District Court…

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