Foundation’s early investments in the fight against human trafficking continue to pay dividends
When her labor pains started, Jacinta Moreno, 15, pleaded to be taken to a hospital to have her baby, but the man who had forced her into labor in a […]
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Foundation supports efforts to ensure fair sentencing for juveniles
With funding from The Florida Bar Foundation, Gerard Glynn and Ilona Vila of the Barry University School of Law are working to ensure quality representation for juveniles whose life sentences
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Foundation helps fund newly formed Florida Innocence Commission
When James Bain of Lake Wales, Fla., was released at the age of 54 after serving 35 years in prison for a rape and kidnapping he did not commit, his
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Foundation grant helps demystify the bankruptcy process
In 2006, when then Florida Bar Foundation Secretary Kathleen McLeroy first heard about the uphill battles faced by those who file pro se bankruptcy cases, she knew something had to
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Disproving guilt: The Innocence Project of Florida helps the wrongly convicted
All Alan Crotzer wanted was for someone to listen, but no one did. Having served two years in prison for armed robbery, Crotzer had a record that made the prosecutor’s
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