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Hit-run killer Ryan LeVin allowed to travel
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsNothing like some good outrage for the holiday season. The cases involving notorious South Florida deadly drivers John Goodman and Ryan LeVin have provided plenty. When I heard that Goodman had been allowed to return to his Wellington mansion to......Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons
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Did Judge Hurley get 'cutesy' with forced date for fighting couple?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsSo, if a judge makes you take your wife out to Red Lobster after a fight that resulted in your arrest for battery, what do you order? All the shrimp you can beat? Cracked crab legs? Blackened walleye? Sorry, don't......Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Red Lobster
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Reality TV producers flirting with idea of more cop programs here
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelUPDATE: The stars of ???Police Women of Broward County??? and ???Unleashed: K-9 Broward County??? are supposed to appear at the Publix at 5211 Sheridan Street in Hollywood from 10:30 a.m.. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, the Sheriff???s Office said. Lamberti...Tags: Police Women of Broward County (tv program), Al Lamberti, Reality Television (genre), Companies and Corporations, TLC (tv network)
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Latest Broward political trial starts today
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsBy recent South Florida political standards, the trial scheduled to start today involving two suspended Coral Springs city commissioners is relatively small pickings: Vincent Boccard and Tom Powers each face a misdemeanor charge of violating the state's...Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Crimes, Political Corruption, Justice System
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Is justice served with Wasserman-Rubin deal?
The takeaway from Diana Wasserman-Rubin's misdemeanor plea deal: Crime pays, especially for politicians who abuse the public trust. Broward State Attorney Mike Satz and his corruption prosecutors took pity on a woman ravaged by illness, rolling over...
Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Parkinson's Disease, Crimes, Political Corruption
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Home for the holidays: Convicted killers Goodman, LeVin
It's not just Wellington polo magnate John Goodman who'll be home for the holidays. Ryan LeVin, another notorious South Florida deadly driver, has been allowed to travel to his wealthy family's suburban Chicago estate to be with his ailing father. LeVin,...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Habitat for Humanity International, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Broward judge's Twitter use ruffles Public Defender
Broward Circuit Judge Matthew Destry's recent foray into the Twitter social networking site has ruffled the feathers of Public Defender Howard Finkelstein, who is questioning whether a judge should be tweeting from the bench. Most of the messages sent...
Tags: Lawyers, Twitter, Inc., Media Industry, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Accuracy, not speed, in executions
Keep in mind that Florida has had more death-row inmates exonerated than any state in the country — a total of 24 since 1979. That's 24 innocent people who weren't executed, a stunning number that suggests a need for change in the ultimate power...Tags: Rick Scott, Justice System, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Broward County
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Mayo: Why wasn't Wasserman-Rubin judge tossed?
Sun Sentinel ColumnistThe takeaway from Diana Wasserman-Rubin's misdemeanor plea deal: Crime pays, especially for politicians who abuse the public trust. Once again, Broward State Attorney Mike Satz comes up looking soft on political corruption. And just who is Miami-Dade...Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Crimes, Political Corruption, Justice System
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Caravella verdict draws U.S. Justice Department's attention
When jurors decided last week that two retired police officers should pay $7 million for framing a mentally challenged Broward teen for a murder that sent him to prison for close to 26 years, it set off a strong response. Dozens of Sun Sentinel readers...
Tags: Lawyers, Trials, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Tamarac
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Caravella case not deputy's first link to wrongful convictions
When Anthony Caravella went to take a lie-detector test with Broward Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tony Fantigrassi in 1983, the mentally challenged 15-year-old was considered a witness to a homicide. Four hours later, he was a suspect. The teen had...
Tags: Lawyers, Ken Jenne, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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