Recent Blog Posts
Florida’s Domestic Violence Law Protecting Pets Saves Humans, Too
For so many people, their pets are family, worthy of just as much love and affection as their human relations. However, up until recent years, the law did not recognize pets as anything but property. In domestic violence cases, this led to alleged abusers killing family pets in order to preserve control and domination… Read More »
Why Are Florida Drug Crimes Prosecuted So Aggressively?
If one examines the data from recent years, it is easy to see that Florida has a much larger prison population than most other U.S. states, ranking third as of the most recent available data. While the percentage of inmates prosecuted for a drug offense is consistent with the national average, the sentences for… Read More »
My “Victim” Doesn’t Want To Prosecute
When Florida law enforcement handles a domestic dispute call, they are generally recommended to arrest the primary aggressor, if it can be determined who that is at the moment. This is, in theory, good policy – but it can sometimes lead to situations where the alleged victim of a domestic dispute refuses to cooperate… Read More »
Drug-Related Conspiracy Charges In Florida
In most situations, a person cannot be charged with any crime until, well, committing it. However, there are a handful of exceptional situations where a person can be charged criminally even if they only have the intent to commit a criminal offense. These are extremely common in drug-related cases, where the charge of conspiracy… Read More »
False Imprisonment & Kidnapping In Florida Domestic Violence Cases
Both false imprisonment and kidnapping are serious crimes in Florida, but the average person tends to overthink them both. False imprisonment conjures up images of armed guards on doorways, while kidnapping is a body thrown in a car trunk and driven across state lines like one might see in the movies. In reality, both… Read More »
Too Many Things Are ‘Drug Paraphernalia’
Florida has a reputation for being tough on drug users, and one way this happens is that Florida’s legislature has delineated many, many different types of criminal charges for activities that involve drugs. One that is often seen is possession of drug paraphernalia, which is the ‘ownership or control’ of items that are intended… Read More »
Electronic Monitoring For Domestic Violence Defendants
On July 1, 2026, several new laws came into effect in Florida, including a regulation known before as HB 277. HB 277 makes changes to the state’s existing domestic violence laws, with the most notable alteration being the introduction of pilot programs in Pasco and Pinellas Counties to institute electric monitoring for certain people… Read More »
What Happens In Drug Court?
Miami-Dade County was the first district in the United States to launch what is known as drug court nowadays. The program was launched in 1989, and over time, studies have established that having it as an option helps to reduce recidivism and save on costs. However, these types of statistics do little to explain… Read More »
What Is A Waiver Of Prosecution?
In Florida, there is no one single crime of domestic violence – rather, the underlying crime, like battery, sexual assault, or kidnapping, is charged and domestic violence plays a role at sentencing. However, the legal process is not an unstoppable force; rather, if a ‘victim’ decides that they do not want to cooperate with… Read More »
What Does Cannabis Rescheduling Mean For Me?
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has the responsibility for placing controlled substances into ‘schedules,’ with each schedule containing drugs with different characteristics. In April 2026, the Acting Attorney General of the U.S. issued an order to both expedite a final hearing on the rescheduling of cannabis into Schedule III, and placing certain cannabis… Read More »