A mother couldn’t bury her murdered son because of his past mistakes. But Florida’s victim comp law has mistakes too

Even two years later, Frederica Smith-Dawson’s voice trembles when she talks about her 36-year-old son, who was gunned down while walking home from work in Miami.

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