He has no official protection?
What the fiends are doing to that man and his family is so horrible there are no words I can find to express myself.
State of Florida better have their liability insurance premium paid.
He may not _want_ official protection. Considering the state would be both prosecuting him and protecting him, a polite decline of official protection may be in order. Relevant quote from one knowing the subject: “...we found it necessary to point out to our employers that a bodyguard is not much use if he is working for the other side. No matter how much you pay your own bodyguard, other people can offer him more.” May take little to grease a palm for Z’s whereabouts when the protectors are state agents. Better to find earnest protection from other sources harder to identify and harder to corrupt.