An unknown senator, thought to be a Republican member who didn't like the way the hearing was unfolding, evoked a rarely used Senate rule that requires that any hearing taking place during a regular session do so only with the unanimous consent of the Senate.
Shortly before Juvenile Court Judge Daniel Dawson was to convene a hearing last Friday afternoon to rule on the Bary family's motion to force Rifqa's effective extradition to Ohio, Governor Crist's office wrote her supporters.