Wednesday, January 30, 2019

"You are (as the author’s mother used to say) cruisin’ for a bruisin’. Don’t apologize—do better."

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That was 11th Circuit Judge Newsom in United States v. Munksgard , affirming a criminal conviction "reluctantly" and over Judge To...
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Federal Bar Reception tomorrow (Thursday) night

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Local Federal Bar Association President David Weinstein sends the following email about this Thursday's event. It's always a good o...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

BOP refuses to give defendants their good-time credit under First Step Act

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For many years, there was a debate in the criminal justice community about how much time prisoners should be receiving as good time credit. ...
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Saturday, January 26, 2019

"Special Counsel’s Office wrong to arrest Roger Stone instead of letting him self-surrender"

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That's the title to my piece in The Hill about the arrest vs. surrender of Roger Stone.  The arrest of non-cooperators has bothered me f...
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Friday, January 25, 2019

Roger Stone arrested in Broward (UPDATED)

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He will make his first appearance today at 11am in magistrate court in Ft. Lauderdale. Here’s the indictment  which charges obstruction and ...
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Thursday, January 24, 2019

"In olden days a number of methods were used to ensure that juries reached a unanimous verdict. From the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, one “method of accelerating unanimity” was to prohibit jurors from eating or drinking until they all agreed on a verdict."

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That's how Chief Judge Carnes starts out this entertaining opinion about deadlocked juries.  The entire introduction: In olden days ...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Trump formally renominates 3 SDFLA judges

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Good news for nominees Roy Altman, Rudy Ruiz, and Rodney Smith as Trump has renominated them for judgeships here in the Southern District of...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

FDC Shutdown continues (UPDATED -- FDC BACK UP)

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FDC-Miami is still shutdown due to a supposed TB scare.  That means no legal or social visits.  It also means that no defendants are being b...