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152: The Political and Personal Agenda Behind Governor DeSantis' Removal of State Attorney Monique Worrell w/Andrew Darling
152: The Political and Personal Agenda Behind Governor DeSantis' Removal of State Attorney Monique Worrell w/Andrew Darling
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58 minutes
Released:
Aug 25, 2023
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In the past few weeks, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis decided to abuse his powers once again as the head of state and remove an elected State Attorney. This time, the 9th Judicial Circuit State Attorney Monique Worrell landed in Governor DeSantis’ cross hairs. Today, Hunter is joined by Central Florida Criminal Defense Attorney Andrew Darling to discuss what happened. If you take the story that Governor DeSantis proclaims on face value, you could be led to believe that Worrell was a rouge prosecutor allowing crime to go unpunished. As Andrew points out however, Worrell was a moderately progressive prosecutor who’s biggest deviation from the norm was wanting to pursue rehabilitation for youthful offenders, keeping low level drug offenses in diversionary programs, and a willingness to pursue cases against Police for their abuse of power. Guests: Andrew Darling, Criminal Defense Attorney, Central Florida Resources: Gov DeSantis’ Executive Order Removing State Attorney Monique Worrell https://www.flgov.com/2023/08/09/governor-ron-desantis-suspends-state-attorney-monique-worrell-for-neglect-of-duty-and-incompetence/ Twitter Thread Explaining the Falsities in Gov DeSantis’ Claims https://twitter.com/LutherEvers/status/1689672379776073728 Warren v. DeSantis https://casetext.com/case/warren-v-desantis-1 Follow Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrDarling4 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrdarling4/ Darling Law: https://darlinglaw.com/ Orange County Court of Clerks 2023CF003924-A-O https://www.myorangeclerk.com/ Indictment of Orange County Deputy Bruce Stolk https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/04/01/orange-county-deputy-indicted-nearly-2-years-after-shooting-man-during-chase/ Contact Hunter Parnell: Publicdefenseless@gmail.com Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com Subscribe to the Patron www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN
Released:
Aug 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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