Gaetz Seeks Compensation for 1996 Khobar Tower Attack Victims

Gaetz Seeks Compensation for 1996 Khobar Tower Attack Victims

Mateo Guillamont
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March 7, 2024
US Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has filed a bill to fulfill compensation payments pledged to victims of the 1996 Khobar Towers attack.  On June 25, 1996, a terrorist blast destroyed part of the Khobar Tower housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, where US forces had been temporarily housed.  The bomb killed 19 American servicemen, with […]
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Torture, Rape Victims of Horror Reform School to Receive Financial Compensation

Torture, Rape Victims of Horror Reform School to Receive Financial Compensation

Liv Caputo
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March 4, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, FL—Boys who were tortured and raped at a now-shuttered reformatory school will each receive up to $50,000 in restitution due to a new bill passed Monday by the Florida Legislature. The Dozier School for Boys operated from 1900-2011, with one campus in Marianna and another in Okeechobee. Nearly 100 boys died and were buried […]
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Florida Lawmaker Files Bill Restricting Compensation to Relatives of Wrongfully Incarcerated People

Florida Lawmaker Files Bill Restricting Compensation to Relatives of Wrongfully Incarcerated People

Mateo Guillamont
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September 12, 2023
Tallahassee, Fl- Hillsborough County Representative Traci Koster (R) has introduced a bill that would limit participation in compensation benefits for relatives of wrongfully incarcerated people.  HB 37 would prevent relatives of a deceased wrongfully incarcerated person from filing a petition for compensation on their behalf. Florida statutes mandate a minimum compensation amount of $50,000 per […]
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Florida Legislature to Decide Over $2.2 Million Settlement

Florida Legislature to Decide Over $2.2 Million Settlement

Mateo Guillamont
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September 8, 2023
Tallahassee, Fl- Florida Representative Ralph E. Massullo has filed a bill that would compel the Florida Legislature to decide over the disbursement of a $2.2 million settlement.  Representative Massullo’s bill responds to a ruling of the circuit court for the Eighth Judicial Circuit awarding Mark LaGatta over $2.32 million for damages suffered during an incident […]
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