Wednesday, October 08, 2008

A commenter poses the question...

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... regarding whether federal district courts should split up into criminal and civil divisions like our state courts do. My gut tells me th...
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Monday, October 06, 2008

"We should start from scratch, because justice hasn't been achieved.'

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That was AFPD Brian Stekloff for Guillermo Zarabozo in the Joe Cool case asking for a new trial on all counts. He continued: "Everyone...
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Sunday, October 05, 2008

"If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law, it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy."

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Cheryl Stein has a nice op-ed in the Washington Times regarding Herring v. United States , a case the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday. (T...
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Thursday, October 02, 2008

Start your engines

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Team Penske star Helio Castroneves has been charged with tax evasion in our District. ( via the Miami Herald ). Here's a picture of him ...
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"I never believed for a minute that he was guilty of any of the charges, not even the ones we convicted him of"

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That's one of the jurors in the Joe Cool case. Articles in the Sun-Sentinel and the Miami Herald detail how at least 3 jurors still bel...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Playboy pinup in federal court this week

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Enough with hung juries and murder trials. There was a Playboy model testifying in federal court this week. Here's the Herald article ab...
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Joe Cool jury hangs on first degree murder counts

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That's a victory for the defense. The jury did convict on 4 gun counts. The prosecution will be happy with some convictions after it loo...
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Chuckie Taylor case opens

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The DOJ lawyer, Chris Graveline, spoke about the "Demon Forces", a unit that tortured people, including cutting a man's penis ...