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...uneasy sense of dèjá vu swept over Florida last week after an all-white jury acquitted seven juvenile boot camp guards and a nurse charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of a black teen last year...
...whether federal civil rights violations charges should be brought in the case). "It's wrong!" Anderson's mother, Gina Jones, shouted as she stormed out of the Panama City courtroom after the verdict was read. The Anderson decision was reminiscent of another bewildering verdict five years ago, when three Florida state prison guards charged with stomping 36-year-old inmate Frank Valdes to death in his cell in 1999 were acquitted - even though the guards' boot prints were found all over his back...
...Both verdicts were vivid reminders of what critics call the rot of Florida's corrections culture. Despite its Sunshine State image, Florida's prisons and juvenile detention centers are often associated with the more troubled corrections systems of its Deep South neighbors. While no one is asking Florida to coddle its prisoners, adult or juvenile, many fear it has yet to break its dark habit of coddling abusive guards and other officials watching over those prisoners...
...acknowledging the President of Iran, and it was he who was ignoring her. Did Ms. Gibbs expect Mrs. Bush to give Ahmadinejad a hug and a kiss? If the President of Iran were a gentleman, he would have stood in the presence of the lady. Maria Fernandez, Boca Raton, Florida...
Whether Woods' skill with a mashie will translate to a drafting table is unproved, but there is no question he adds value. A price tag hasn't been put on homes in Tiger's new lair--he will have a place there but will keep his primary residence in Florida--but homes at other Cliffs communities range from $700,000 to more than $5 million, plus land costs...