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the Florida legislature has approved the $20 million compensation fund for victims. The governor is expected to sign it. Florida Legislature OKs $20 million fund to compensate victims at Dozier School for Boys

detailed timeline provided by Duval County Sheriff TK Waters is summarized in this article. Three victims killed in racially motivated mass shooting identified

from what I read earlier, he texted his father to access his room and access his will and his racist screeds left for parents, media, and police on his computer.

not behind a paywall at time of posting: Jacksonville sheriff identifies shooter, 3 victims at Dollar General shooting The first victim, Angela Michelle Carr, 52, was shot in her car, in a handicapped parking spot in front of the store. The killer shot 11 rounds into her car. Anolt Joseph...

Action News Jax has confirmed with sources and neighbors the identity of the suspect who took the lives of three Black residents at a Newtown Dollar General in a racially motivated mass shooting Saturday afternoon, as 21-year-old Oakleaf resident Ryan Palmeter. What we know about the suspect who...

from the local newspaper, not behind paywall at time of posting: 3 Black victims killed in racially motivated shooting at Jacksonville Dollar General Dollar General gunman had manifestos: What we know about Jacksonville shooter

Replay of the flight can be viewed here (I don't know how long FlightRadaar retains these): Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24 Play button in the bottom center of the screen will let you play, pause, and manually scroll the flight's track

yep, mainstream media picked up the judge's statement immediately: "By the time you serve your federal sentence, you will be almost 90 years old. But of course Mr. Arbery never got to be 26,” judge says.

I listened in to Bryan's sentencing hearing this afternoon on the public conference call. Roddy Bryan was sentenced to 420 months (effectively 447 months less the 27 months he's served in jail on state charges so far). That's 35 years. She did note that his sentence in state charges is life with...

Life plus 7 years for Greg McMichael on the federal hate crime charges.

Journalist Veronica Waters, legal affairs/courts reporter for Atlanta talk radio station WSB (95.5 WSB | Atlanta's News & Talk – 95.5 WSB) posted great detail during TM's sentencing here: I expect she'll do the same for the sentencing of the other 2 this afternoon. There is also a public...

Local area (NE FL/SE GA) journalist Anne Schindler continues to follow the case and post updates. : Judge sentences Travis McMichael to life in federal prison in addition to his life sentence in state prison. His father, Greg McMichael, is set to be sentenced next. That hearing starts at 1pm...

Guilty! Jury convicts former youth pastor of first-degree murder in 1994 death of teen

Contentious cross-examination of former youth pastor charged in 1994 murder of teen Summary of cross and closing arguments.

Thursday's testimony can be watched here (local news stream). Last portion is Hyde on the stand, questioned by the defense attorney. Friday's testimony here. Cross-examination of Hyde is at the start of today's proceedings.

Another note from the last part of the press conference that I linked above. They did provide a list of the central Florida law enforcement agencies that the deputy had worked in. Remember in the 1970s and 1980s, this area of Florida still had a lot of agricultural and rural area (still does)...

For anyone interested, the St Lucie Sheriff's Office press conference has a great amount of info on the cold case investigation (which received a great deal of funding from the Florida Sheriff's Association Cold Case Advisory Commission). Excellent Q&A with Det. Paul Taylor of the cold case...

At least one of his colleagues was concerned enough about the deputy's previous behavior that he made a formal complaint - and that man is now the St. Lucie County Sheriff, Ken Mascara. Long excerpts from the press conference can be watched here (WFLA New Channel 8). Full press conference also...

I'm also surprised that it keeps getting pushed off. Perhaps someone thought it was a bit too ironic to sentence her on Valentine's Day after she'd testified against her ex-husband at his murder trial (MOO). I'm not seeing any recent local journalist chatter about the reschedule. She pled...

For anyone who missed the sentencing hearing, one of the local news station has the full hearing on their YouTube channel here: I only heard the judge's sentence so I'm watching the earlier parts of the proceeding now.