Category: Criminal Justice
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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 Foundationâs former chief scientist Thomas Van Lent guilty of indirect criminal contempt for disobeying a court order and deleting from his computers âmassive amounts of dataâ owned by the foundation. -
Disgraced ex-BSO deputy Bleiweiss, founder of a legal aid center, hustles to prevent his own return trip to prisonïżŒ
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Justice Center operates out of a low-rise on Dixie Highway in Oakland Park. Itâs familiar territory to the centerâs founder and executive director, former Broward Sheriffâs Office deputy and ex-convict Jonathan Bleiweiss. -
Private eye slams ruling worth over $350K to Miami author Julie K. Brown who wrote book about Jeffrey Epstein drama
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A case about who did what to produce a sensational book rehashing the story of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein entered a new phase in a new forum, Miami-Dade Circuit Court. -
Floridaâs troubled prison system wants to shut down lawyer-to-inmate phone calls that can reveal cruel and illegal conditions
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida prison officials want to change a rule to keep lawyers from talking to inmates who may need their help; the new rule would place inmates who could be defense witnesses completely out of earshot. -
Florida Supreme Court makes it risky for a defendant to tell a judge âIâm innocentâ
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Supreme Court is sending this message to criminal defendants: If you think you were wrongly convicted, keep it to yourself. -
DOJ report that cleared Epsteinâs Miami prosecutors called âtotal whitewashâ
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
New information in a government report deepens the mystery of who exactly federal prosecutors protected with their 2007 sweetheart deal for sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
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