Criminal justice reform on BCC agenda

Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” Commissioner Grover Robinson said he asked that criminal justice reform be placed on the agenda for this week’s Committee of Whole.

He will ask the Board of County Commissioners to support asking the Florida Legislature to consider Escambia County as pilot program for such reform.

Robinson said he has spoken to State Sen. Doug Broxson and Reps Clay Ingram and Frank White. All support the effort.

Stay tuned.

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Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”