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Fishkind Commentary: Finding Budget Cuts in Florida's Criminal Justice System

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Florida’s current budget of $77 billion included cuts of over $500 million – but is there room for improvement?

90.7’s economic analyst Hank Fishkind thinks so. This week, he talks to 90.7’s Matthew Peddie about three areas of budget cuts that could save the state money.

He first began by talking about the death penalty – and the savings to the State if Florida abolished it.