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Ahead of the legislative session beginning Tuesday, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has been pushing to expand her office’s control over local drug prosecutions and investigations.
Florida statute also provides the death penalty for capital drug trafficking and discharging or using a destructive device causing death. A provision for capital sexual battery was found unconstitutional in the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case Kennedy v. Louisiana. No one is on death row in the United States for drug trafficking.
The Florida Legislature passed the laws earlier this year and they take effect Jan. 1, 2024: ... trafficking in any controlled substance, as well as extortion and written threats to kill. ...
Tren de Aragua gang members are known for violence, murder, kidnapping, extortion, bribery and human and drug trafficking and are linked to more than 100 law enforcement investigations nationwide.
In the state of Florida, the common law felony murder rule has been codified in Florida Statutes § 782.04. [4] However, there is no specific guideline when it comes to scoring points for sentencing under the felony murder rule. The predicate felonies that will support a charge of first degree murder under the statute are: [5] [6] Drug ...
Salvador "Sal" Magluta and Augusto "Willy" Falcon operated one of the most significant cocaine trafficking organizations in South Florida history. They were indicted by a federal grand jury in April 1991 for a plethora of drug trafficking crimes, including operating a continuing criminal enterprise.
The price for the homeless man, who has a long history of drug addiction but no previous record of trafficking, turned out to be much higher when he was caught: A mandatory minimum of five years ...
The United States Congress passed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act in 2000, which not only criminalizes human trafficking but aims to support its victims. [5] In 2002, the Florida Department of Children and Families Office of Refugee Resettlement began a project to explore how Florida could implement this new law. [2]