A late-breaking article from The Ledger Monday reported on a spat between the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and our local public defender. According to the article, the Sheriff claims that, pursuant to a state Supreme Court decision, the Polk County Jail has the right to record phone calls between inmates and their lawyers. The public [...]
Read it in the Tampa Tribune. At issue is a man sentenced to death for the murder of a Polk Sheriff’s deputy. The death warrant was signed shortly after Grady Judd started an online petition to ask the governor to sign it. Should the death penalty process be that political?
I just listened to the latest installment of the Ledger’s podcast which consisted of a 2-hour interview with Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. I highly recommend that you give it a listen. It’s also on iTunes – search for The Ledger. Sheriff Judd is one of those people that, love him or hate him, you [...]