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The Iraqi war veteran who went on a shooting spree in a Florida airport, killing five people and wounding six, has been declared mentally competent to stand trial, despite having schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. What does mental competency mean in this case, and how can someone with severe psychiatric issues still be tried for his…

If ever there was an issue that is a legal moving target, it has to be marijuana. Headlines are filled with news about how the drug, banned under federal law, is slowly being decriminalized at the state level. Florida is now on track with many other states in allowing marijuana for medical uses. It has…

It does not take much for a person in Florida to be brought up on domestic violence charges. The definition of what constitutes the crime is quite broad. Allegations of assault or battery sit at the high end of the crime charge spectrum. At the low end, the law says the mere threat of physical…