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That’s after Ayala announced she won’t seek re-election because of her opposition to the death penalty.
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A $1.3 million budget cut to the Orange and Osceola state attorney’s office took effect this month. It’s the latest move in a legal rift between state attorney Aramis Ayala and Florida Governor Rick Scott over the death penalty. The money was originally appropriated as special funding to combat human trafficking and domestic violence. Victims’ rights advocates are concerned.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Public Defender for the Orlando area is reviewing almost 2,000 cases now that a sheriff's office fingerprint expert has been reassigned because of mistakes.
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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.
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No criminal charges will be filed against two former Orange County employees who gave themselves severance payments of nearly $300,000.