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Rory Safir

Every post here is written by Rory Safir, one of a handful of ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientists in Florida and a former Assistant Public Defender in Tampa.

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Florida’s Super Speeder Law: What Section 316.1922 Actually Says

Florida created the crime of dangerous excessive speeding on July 1, 2025, and a first conviction carries jail. The bill was rewritten three times before it passed, and many summaries still describe the earlier draft....
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Flock Cameras in Tampa Bay: Where They Are, the Misuse Arrests, and What the Law Actually Says

Three Florida officers were charged in five weeks over Flock camera misuse, and St. Petersburg's 50 cameras are now a mayoral runoff issue. A St. Petersburg defense lawyer explains what the cameras record, the felony charges, the Fourth Amendment cases, and what the search logs mean in a criminal case....
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Fourteen Arrests in Two Fraternity Houses: How the Penn State Cocaine Case Would Run in Florida

Fourteen arrests in two fraternity houses, charges running from trafficking down to paraphernalia, and one father charged for trying to help. The Florida version of this case turns on 28 grams, a conspiracy statute punished like trafficking itself, and a dorm case from FSU....
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Michael Caruso Arrest: What the Palm Beach Clerk of Court’s Five Florida Charges Actually Mean

Florida's Office of Statewide Prosecution charged the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court with five felonies. Each charge is a specific statute with its own elements, and the charge list itself tells you the State's theory. A Florida defense lawyer walks through all five....
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Your AI Chat Is Not a Private Journal: What the ChatGPT Case Says About Florida Law

A man's private conversations with ChatGPT became three felony charges in Palm Beach County. The Florida statute that made it possible was rewritten in 2023, and it no longer asks whether you sent the threat to anyone....
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What to Wear to Court in Florida

I began my career as an assistant public defender, standing next to people at hearings, and I can tell you the honest truth about courtroom clothes: the judge starts reading you before anyone says a word. Not because judges are shallow, but because a courtroom runs on signals of respect,...

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Florida’s New Domestic Violence Law Is Here, and the Monitoring Pilots Start in Pinellas and Pasco

Florida’s domestic violence laws got their biggest overhaul in years on July 1, 2026, when House Bill 277 took effect....
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Florida’s Habitual Traffic Offender Trap Just Got Bigger

Buried in the stack of laws that took effect on July 1, 2026 is one that will quietly turn ordinary traffic tickets into felony cases. House Bill 35 added driving without a valid license, section 322.03, Florida Statutes, to the list of offenses that count toward habitual traffic offender status....
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Missy’s Law Is Now in Effect: Plead Guilty to a Dangerous Crime in Florida, Go Into Custody That Day

On July 1, 2026, the plea hearing in Florida changed....
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Florida Theft Charges: The $750 Line and Your One Shot at a Clean Record

If a security guard walked you into a back office this week, or a deputy handed you paperwork with the word "theft" on it, you're probably embarrassed, scared, and thinking: this is not who I am....
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