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Florida Good Time Law Applied

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Civil Procedure, State Law Claims, Good Time, Habeas Corpus. Location: Florida.

Florida's First District Court of Appeals held that the Correctional Reform Act of 1983 (The Act) does not allow the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to grant additional days of gain-time as a matter of grace of forfeit the right to gain-time earned prior to the Act. The Act became ...

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