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Historic new head of Florida courts talking criminal justice reform

By Douglas A. Berman

How Appealing links here to all the news coverage of the swearing in of Florida's historic new Chief Justice.  Especially interesting among the articles is this local piece headlined, "New Chief Justice Quince becomes first black woman to head branch of state in Florida; She vows to continue push for reform of criminal-justice system."  Here are excerpts: Chief Justice Peggy Quince, the first black woman to head any branch of Florida government, used her swearing in ceremony to call for a new commission to fight a widespread perception of unequal treatment in the courts. "No one should come out of this court system feeling that they were treated unfairly," Quince said. "You may lose, but you should not feel that you were treated unfairly...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 28, 2008 (boomark / email).