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State lawmakers are proposing to cut the budget for Orange and Osceola State Attorney’s office by $1.3 million and twenty-one positions. Republican Rep. Scott Plakon of Longwood is steering the effort as part of the House Judiciary Appropriations Subcommittee.
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The office of Orange and Osceola’s state attorney Aramis Ayala plans to file a complaint against Seminole County Clerk of courts after an employee there wrote on social media that Ayala should quote “be tarred and feathered if not hung from a tree."
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A state attorney says Florida's governor overstepped his authority when he pulled her off a case after she said she would not pursue the death penalty in any cases.
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Families are reacting to Orange Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala’s announcement that she will not be seeking the death penalty.
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Governor Rick Scott signed a bill requiring unanimous jury recommendations in death penalty cases. The bill appears to end the limbo over Florida’s death penalty, after the US Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charlie Wells, Democratic State Senator Randolph Bracy, and defense attorney Steven Laurence join Intersection to discuss the implications of the bill.
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On Saturday, Orange and Osceola County public defender Robert Wesley holds his annual clothing drive- seeking business clothes to help defendants look presentable in court. Wesley explains why appearance makes a big difference to defendants, and he talks about the progress made in keeping kids out of the court system.
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In the presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, who will win Florida’s highly contested electoral votes is up in the air. But for one race here in central Florida, the result is pretty much a given—and it will make history. Voters in Orange and Osceola counties are poised to elect tFlorida's first black state attorney, Aramis Ayala.