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  Despite Common Belief, Floridians Can't Always Get a Free Public Defender

  Jerry Iannelli | October 29 at 10:40 a.m.

  With no remaining options, Lazaro Rodriguez could only beg Miami-Dade County Judge Andrew Hague for mercy. But his pleas were in vain. Hague was yelling at him now — in English, a language Rodriguez barely understood.

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  The 1526 Project: Horrors in Florida's Black History You Didn't Learn in School

  Jess Nelson | October 22 at 1:47 p.m.

  The horrors of slavery in United States history and its continued impact today are undeniable. Though Florida's pristine beaches and palm trees aren't typically regarded as part of America's Deep South, the facts say otherwise.

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  The Nightmare in the Bahamas Is Far From Over

  Zachary Fagenson | October 1 at 4:36 p.m.

  The devastation on Great Abaco wasn't apparent at first. While the pilot we'd paid $1,300 for the 45-minute flight from Nassau began the plane's descent, the teal-and-cobalt Atlantic gave way to vast expanses of jagged green spits bordering...

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  Despite Messages of Solidarity, the U.S. Still Deports Venezuelans

  Manuel Madrid | September 24 at 9:48 a.m.

  When he was ordered deported from the United States, Diego Alejandro Rojas didn't think of himself. His mind didn't turn to the chaos that awaited him in Venezuela. He didn't linger on the death threats from the local paramilitary thugs who...

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  Miami-Based Jail Health-Care Company Profits While Patients Die

  Brittany Shammas | September 17 at 1:43 p.m.

  The voice on the other end of the line sounded so thin, so frail, that at first Erika Williams didn't recognize it as her son's. It was only by the ten digits glowing on her iPhone — the number for the Flagler County jail — that she realized who...

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  Baptist Health Diagnoses Medical Marijuana Patient With Drug Abuse

  Jess Nelson | August 6 at 10:03 a.m.

  The morning of June 20, Michael Morell woke up as he did every weekday, when his alarm clock rang at 6. The 34-year-old father of two sat up and reached over to his bedside table to hit snooze. But when he attempted to lie back down, his muscles...