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Beyond the Bench - Justice Bell: The 191-Mile Journey from Pensacola to Tallahassee

Justice Bell: The 191-Mile Journey from Pensacola to Tallahassee

01/14/20 • 25 min

Beyond the Bench

Justice Kenneth Bell was the 81st Justice (2003-2008) of the Florida Supreme Court. At the time of his appointment, he was the first justice from Pensacola in a century and the first from west of Tallahassee since 1917. Justice Bell is a seventh-generation Pensacolian whose paternal ancestors immigrated to the Pensacola area around 1819, when Florida still was a Spanish colony. Listen as he discusses why he's proud of his Northwest Florida roots.

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Justice Kenneth Bell was the 81st Justice (2003-2008) of the Florida Supreme Court. At the time of his appointment, he was the first justice from Pensacola in a century and the first from west of Tallahassee since 1917. Justice Bell is a seventh-generation Pensacolian whose paternal ancestors immigrated to the Pensacola area around 1819, when Florida still was a Spanish colony. Listen as he discusses why he's proud of his Northwest Florida roots.

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