Tag: Michael Satz
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How a Broward crook who stole $100 million got a Murder One charge cut to a misdemeanor
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Q Link Wireless CEO Issa Asad and his company pleaded guilty on Oct.15 in Miami federal court to bilking more than $100 million from a government program that provides free or discounted phone service to people in need. The sentence prosecutors are recommending: five years, which is equal to one year for every $20 million he stole. Ten years earlier, while the feds say Asad was in the middle of committing his enormous fraud, he got an even better deal in Broward Circuit Court. -
After promising reform, top Broward prosecutor Pryor gives big break to charity-cheating cop
By Bob Norman
special to FloridaBulldog.org
After two years of investigation by his own department, retired Davie Police Officer Jeffrey Stewart was finally about to face justice. Then Broward’s new state attorney intervened. -
Broward SA Satz opens Conviction Review Unit: ‘Window dressing’ or another path to justice?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After 44 years in office, and a record pockmarked by several a few of the nation’s most infamous miscarriages of justice, Broward State Attorney Michael J. Satz has established a Conviction Review Unit. -
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‘Stacked against people of color;’ Review confirms Broward more punitive toward blacks
By Josh Salman
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Vexed by a recent Sarasota Herald-Tribune investigation showing Broward County sentences blacks busted in drug-free zones to more prison time than whites, prosecutors disputed the findings.The newspaper must have erred, they said. But a monthlong review by the Herald-Tribune and State Attorney’s Office found Broward County’s own records are riddled with errors… -
Grand jury indicts Broward Health’s top leadership for Sunshine law violations
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Health’s top leadership, including its CEO and board chairman, are named in a four count indictment alleging violations of Florida’s Government-in-the-Sunshine law. -
Broward grand jury hears first witnesses in criminal probe of Broward Health
By Dan Christensen and Buddy Nevins
FloridaBulldog.org
A Broward grand jury has begun hearing about alleged criminal conduct at long-troubled Broward Health, the taxpayer-supported public medical system for the northern two-thirds of the county.
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