A little over a month after the Parkland school shooting, the shooter’s younger brother, Zachary Cruz, was arrested for trespassing on the school grounds. He told Broward County deputies that he had returned to the school to “reflect on the shooting.” The judge sentenced him to six months of probation for doing so. Under the…
Federal law is supposed to preclude those accused or convicted of felony crimes and violent misdemeanors from obtaining firearms. People who suffer from mental illness or are deemed to be a threat to themselves or others are also prohibited from buying guns. While you would hope that violent criminals could not legally purchase weapons in…
Florida’s gun laws have quickly evolved since the state endured one of the deadliest school shootings in the country. Students and parents across the nation are more concerned about firearms in schools than ever before, and for a good reason. After 14 students and 3 educators lost their lives in a public high school in…
Domestic violence is much more common than many realize. According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men 18 and older have been the victim of physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. The State of Florida has 66 organizations dedicated to helping victims of domestic…
“For far too long, Backapge.com existed as the dominant marketplace for illicit commercial sex, a place where sex traffickers frequently advertised children and adults alike.” — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions On April 6, 2018, the FBI shut down Backpage.com in an attempt to curb human trafficking, prostitution, and child exploitation. What started out as…
It is no secret that opioid deaths continue climbing throughout the country. As more victims die from overdoses, police are turning to charge drug dealers in the hopes that harsher consequences for supplying addicts with illegal substances will reduce their availability. While police have rarely charged people connected to overdose deaths in the past, drug…
In the United States, a school shooting takes place once a week, on average. While many citizens support tighter gun restrictions, Congress has made little progress in gun policy. The lack of significant gun control measures and a wave of boycott threats have prompted Corporate America to take the issue into their own hands. Responding…
Football player Aaron Hernandez of the New England Patriots led a turbulent life marked by drugs and disorderly conduct before becoming a celebrity athlete. Months after he signed a multi-million dollar deal with the Patriots, he was accused of murdering his fiancée’s sister’s boyfriend, Odin Lloyd. A jury convicted him of the murder in 2015….
In 2017, 8,759 cases of human trafficking were reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, a confidential and toll-free number that serves human trafficking victims in the United States. Recently, the Palm Beach Post reported that human trafficking reports have surged in Florida, with 1,900 reports across the state in 2016. According to Florida Department…
Over six and a half million voted in favor of Amendment 2 in the 2016 election, which gave Floridians with debilitating conditions access to medical marijuana. Today, a person with a state-issued medical marijuana license may use the substance — still classified as a Schedule I controlled substance under federal law — to treat illnesses…
