Florida Governor Suspends Prosecutor Who Opposed Enforcing New Abortion Law

The outspoken advocate of criminal justice reform also pledged not to enforce any laws that ‘criminalize’ transgender people.

Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Andrew Warren, Florida state attorney of the 13th Judicial Circuit, was suspended by Governor DeSantis on Thursday. Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Florida’s Republican governor suspended one of the state’s top prosecutors after the Tampa-area Democrat pledged that he would not enforce the state’s new law on abortion and would hesitate to enforce any laws restricting gender reassignment therapy or what he referred to as the “criminalization” of transgender people.

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