Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Justice Kennedy Speaks Out Against Lengthy Sentences

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Once again Justice Kennedy has spoken - federal sentences are too harsh. Period. His latest comments came from a speech at the Ninth Circuit...
Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Cocaine Cowboy movie

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Readers of this blog might be interested in Alfred Spellman's and Billy Corben's new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys . Check out the pr...
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Monday, July 10, 2006

News and notes

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Lots of good stuff in the Review today: 1. Padilla news (subscription required) from Julie Kay: "Defense attorneys involved in the sc...

News and notes

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Lots of good stuff in the Review today: 1. Padilla news (subscription required) from Julie Kay: "Defense attorneys involved in the sc...
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Friday, July 07, 2006

No bond for old Mafia suspects

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Here's the intro from the Sun-Sentinel article on the bond denial in the South Florida Genovese crime family : A federal judge denied b...
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Ken Lay is not a convicted criminal

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Because he died before his direct appeal was final, Ken Lay's conviction is technically abated, which means that his entire criminal cas...
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Bail denied to Miami seven

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Magistrate Judge Bandstra denied bond to the suspects charged with plotting to bomb the Sears Tower. Here's the report from Vanessa Bl...
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Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Happy 4th of July...

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... and happy one year birthday to the Southern District of Florida Blog. We turned one this weekend. This was the first post , urging Presi...
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