BY JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – Joseph Hatchett, whose groundbreaking career included becoming the first Black justice on the Florida Supreme Court, died Friday, April 30, at age 88, the Supreme Court announced on May 1. Hatchett was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gov. Reubin Askew in 1975 and served until […]
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