tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post2310546799389101098..comments2024-03-28T14:19:33.056-04:00Comments on Southern District of Florida Blog: Thursday News & NotesDavid Oscar Markushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18386723948607633980noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-82589989786210116362015-06-04T19:32:22.397-04:002015-06-04T19:32:22.397-04:00speaking of Ocala, Inmate dies in custody after le...speaking of Ocala, Inmate dies in custody after letter telling of threats by guard; lawyers seek DOJ probe<br /><br />http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/inmate_dies_in_custody_after_letter_telling_of_threats_by_guard_lawyers_see/<br /><br />...[Latandra] Ellington died in solitary confinement on Oct. 1, a day after a family member called the prison in Ocala, Florida, to express concerns raised by Ellington’s letter. Prison officials said Ellington was moved to solitary to help protect her.<br /><br />Ellington told her aunt in the Sept. 21 letter that the sergeant had threatened to “beat the hell” out of her when she asked why she was being moved to a new dorm, and threatened her a second time when she asked to speak to a prison supervisor.<br /><br />“He told me to shut the f— up he was gone (sic) beat me to death and mess me like a dog,” Ellington wrote. She was serving a 22-month sentence for tax fraud relating to the filing of fake tax returns...<br /><br />...A private autopsy conducted for her family found Ellington died from blunt trauma to the stomach consistent with being kicked or beaten. Her family is represented by civil rights lawyer Daryl Parks, whose firm represented the family of Trayvon Martin.<br /><br />The request for a federal investigation is the second made this year for a Florida inmate’s death. In June, several groups sought an investigation into the death of Darren Rainey, who died in a scalding hot shower in 2012.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-76271846303829590032015-06-04T11:30:48.892-04:002015-06-04T11:30:48.892-04:00I would rather have the DOJ using its resources pr...I would rather have the DOJ using its resources prosecuting FIFA and Hastert than prosecuting street dealers and felon-in-possession cases in federal court. We just had a case go through the federal system all the way to the Supreme Court because a fisherman allegedly caught fish that were slightly undersized. <br /><br />As the late, great, Honorable Judge Wilkie Ferguson used to say, "What's the matter, is the state court closed?"<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-21299979922565033092015-06-04T11:01:20.105-04:002015-06-04T11:01:20.105-04:00The Indictments bring up the issue of proper exerc...The Indictments bring up the issue of proper exercise of prosecutorial discretion. What is the U.S. interest in FIFA and corruption regarding choosing sites in foreign countries? Hastert was being extorted, yet that is not being prosecuted, even though Hastert committed his violation due to being victimized. So it becomes a financial reporting case? <br /><br />Not every wrong is a federal criminal case.Bob Becerranoreply@blogger.com