Category: Courts
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Ex-Everglades Foundation chief scientist Van Lent guilty of contempt, faces up to 1 year in county jail
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge has found the Everglades Foundation’s former chief scientist Thomas Van Lent guilty of indirect criminal contempt for disobeying a court order and deleting from his computers “massive amounts of data” owned by the foundation. -
‘Justice’ reformer, ex-BSO deputy Bleiweiss avoids prison but must submit to sex-offender treatment
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Self-appointed justice reformer Jonathan Bleiweiss, credibly accused of molesting 25 men when he was a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy, has shut down an attempt to send him back to prison for a long stretch. -
Frontrunner to replace Justice Polston is yet another DeSantis-style conservative with friends already on the high court
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The frontrunner to replace Florida Supreme Court Justice Ricky Polston runs the new Sixth District Court of Appeal and has strong family ties to the Federalist Society and state government, plus a prominent office mate: Justice Charles Canady. -
New judge recycles Justice Francis’ dubious playbook for West Palm Beach family court case she left behind
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
An unruly family court case that Florida Supreme Court Justice Renatha Francis shed right before she got her promotion last year went to a new Palm Beach Circuit judge who seems to be copying Francis’ controversial moves. -
Broward prosecutors want to put ‘justice center’ boss and notorious ex-BSO deputy Bleiweiss behind bars till he’s almost 80
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Prosecutors say they will ask a judge to imprison for 35 years ex-Broward Sheriff’s deputy and self-styled justice reformer Jonathan Bleiweiss because he violated the lenient plea deal he struck eight years ago. -
Justice Francis gets sweet revenge by helping torpedo a state senator’s court challenge to judicial nominees
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Novice Florida Supreme Court Justice Renatha Francis got a chance to rule against the woman who thwarted her high court bid two years ago – and ran with it.
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