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Dozier School for Boys

State Supreme Court

Loran Cole is set to be executed Thursday — despite questions about Parkinson’s and Dozier abuse — after a Supreme Court decision

The Florida Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal by Loran Cole, convicted of killing a Florida State University student 3decades ago.
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Getting Dozier School victims their compensation is “time sensitive”

Nearly two dozen men, most of them elderly, inspected draft copies of the proposed applications for Dozier School reparations.
death penalty protest

Attorneys for Loran Cole argue his execution should be stayed because of his Parkinson’s disease

Attorneys argue that Florida's lethal injection procedures would cause "needless pain and suffering" from symptoms from Parkinson’s disease.
State Supreme Court

A condemned killer who was abused at the Dozier School appeals to the Florida Supreme Court

Death Row inmate Loran Cole appealed to the Florida Supreme Court to try to prevent his scheduled Aug. 29 execution.
Florida Capitol

Here are 22 new Florida laws: from Dozier compensation to exotic dancer restrictions

Florida’s 2024-2025 fiscal year will arrive next week with a fresh $116.5 billion budget and nearly 200 new laws.
Florida Capitol

Here are ten big issues from the 2024 Florida Legislative Session

The 2024 legislative session ended Friday. Here are snapshots of 10 big issues from the session like relaxing regulations on teen workers.
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Dozier School victims could get compensation under a bill passed by the Florida House

The Florida House on unanimously passed a bill for $20 million to compensate victims of abuse at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.
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Florida Senators support compensating Dozier School victims

The Senate Fiscal Policy Committee supports SB 24 to create a $20 compensation program for former students of the Dozier School for Boys.

MidPoint: The Bones of The Dozier School

Florida's Dozier School for Boys was open for 111 years in Marianna, Florida, and had a long history of terror, abuse, and disappearances. The school closed in 2011, but the search for the bones and...

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