The Latest Breaking News from Parkland

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised the idea this week of changing state law to allow juries to impose the death penalty without unanimous agreement, suggesting that perhaps only eight out of 12 jurors need to vote in favor.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nearly five years after the Parkland school massacre, some police departments still don’t have policies in place for stopping mass shooters. But a state panel on Friday moved closer to making it a requirement to have such policies in place across Florida.

TAMPA, Fla. — Two years ago, the Florida grand jury tasked with investigating school safety problems and other issues after the Parkland mass shooting issued a scathing report about the state’s mental health care system.

Lori Alhadeff ousted Torey Alston, who was elected chair just three months earlier

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The judge who handled the Parkland mass shooting case is so biased in favor of the prosecution that she cannot be trusted to oversee cases handled by the Broward Public Defender’s Office, according to dozens of motions filed in court last week.

The superintendent of Florida’s second largest school district was fired following a late-night motion brought up by a board member appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis following a grand jury report into the Parkland school massacre

The superintendent of Florida’s second largest school district was fired following a late-night motion brought up by a board member appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis following a grand jury report into the Parkland school massacre

"A judge shall uphold the integrity and independence of the judiciary. … A judge shall perform the duties of judicial office impartially and diligently." — Canons 1 and 3 of the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct

The Florida Bar association has launched an investigation into one of the Parkland school shooter’s attorneys, who appeared at one point to raise her middle finger at a camera amid the dramatic and devastating legal proceedings.