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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Florida's Supreme Court rejects state prosecutor's bid to be reinstated after suspension by DeSantis

Orlando Sentinel

Florida's highest court on Thursday rejected an effort by a suspended state attorney to get reinstated after she was removed from office last year by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in his second suspension of a Democratic prosecutor.

Supreme Court justices voted 6-1 to deny a petition from suspended State Attorney Monique Worrell of the 9th Judicial Circuit, which serves metro Orlando. The majority of justices said they disagreed with her arguments that DeSantis' reasons for suspending her were too vague or that the suspension infringed on her lawful exercise of prosecutorial discretion.

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