Subject: Trials

• Yes, But He's OUR Tipsy Coachman

  March 2, 2007

• Trump Team Ordered To Name Reporter

  August 24, 2006

• Hilly Moldof Gets Off

  July 31, 2007

• Note From The State Attorney's Office

  September 13, 2007

• Impeachment as Cache

  November 12, 1998

• Hit or Mrs.?

  January 7, 1999

• A Vehicle For Racism

  December 10, 1998

• Crist's Secrecy Prompts Suit

  August 1, 2008

• Witness for the Persecution

  December 18, 1997

• These Are the Times That Try Victims' Souls

  November 26, 1998

• Robert Lockwood's Hush Money

  April 9, 1998

• A Southern Belle in Black and White

  October 15, 1998

• Secrets and Crimes

  April 22, 1999

• A Pugilist in Pinstripes

  May 20, 1999

• Letters

  June 17, 1999

• Sunday Reading: The Wayne Huizenga Story

  I just happened on this classic written by Steve Almond in 1994 about South Florida's hard-driven, complicated, and sometimes brutal mogul.  Uh, it jumps.   Citizen Wayne - The Unauthorized Biography A college dropout and the product of a broken home, H. Wayne Huizenga rose to become the King Midas of South Florida. His formula for success? A dash of hard work and perseverance, and a lot of hitting below the belt. by Steven AlmondMiami New Times Vol. 9, No. 33 (Decemb

  March 1, 2009

• Madoff Plea Deal Coming?

  That's what the AP is reporting, citing a motion filed by prosecutors in his case.

  March 6, 2009

• The Infamous Holland Correction

  Okay, I say a couple nice things about departed Sun-Sentinel reporter John Holland and the knives start flying. The Holland haters bring up an eight-year-old correction which one commenter calls "the longest and most embarrassing front-page retraction in the Sun-Sentinel's history." I remember that correction and I remember all the whispering about it and I remember all the hand-wringing and consternation. But mostly I remember thinking: The Sun-Sentinel is a gutless wonder. Here is the correct

  March 13, 2009

• Broward Man at Center of National Scandal in Philippines

  Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada would have been "pleased" by the murder of a journalist, an affidavit taken in Florida claims.This February, 47-year-old Cezar Mancao went to the Philippine consulate in Fort Lauderdale to give a sworn affidavit. When the contents of his testimony were leaked this month to a Philippine news outlet, no one here seemed to notice, and nothing about it was reported in the U.S. press. His allegations, however, sent shock waves throughout the Philippines.

  March 30, 2009

• Fool Me Thrice

  A South Florida company caught stealing twice surfaces under a new name and gets a lucrative government franchise.

  February 12, 2009

• Judging Ana

  Broward Judge Gardiner's alleged relationships with defense lawyers and prosecutors raises troubling questions

  April 24, 2008

• Just Say Uncle

  The DEA's "Twin Oceans" hooked a big fish, but can they reel it in?

  February 21, 2008

• Wall Street in Miami

  January 10, 2008

• Muscles, Murder, and a Messiah, Part 2

  Gil Fernandez Jr. could be responsible for as many as nine murders. If he's truly repentant, his former prosecutor says, he needs to confess his sins.

  January 12, 2006

• Voodoo Rumble

  The fight started in a popular dance club, ended in a nearby parking lot. So who's liable?

  March 29, 2007

• Mayor's Boy

  You know Mara and Stacey. Now, meet Michael, the Giulianti family's tough guy.

  March 22, 2007

• Trial by Fire

  Amanda Alley died a horrible, fiery death, and the cops had her Iranian boyfriend nailed

  January 18, 2007

• Jurors and Prosecutors Sink a Federal Case Against Internet Pharmacies

  April 23, 2009

• Bullet Bob

  Smooth-talking philanthropist Bob Montgomery has a dark side you don't want to see

  April 28, 2005

• West Palm Heat

  Is sheriff's candidate Ric Bradshaw Dirty Harry or Mr. Clean? Voters want to know.

  July 1, 2004

• Gamblin' Men

  Big-ticket casino deals plus a messy internal power struggle equals even more legal woes for the Seminole tribe

  January 30, 2003

• Barred For Life

  The process for restoring the civil rights of felons in Florida works perfectly -- if not restoring their rights is the goal

  December 26, 2002

• I, the Jury

  A look behind the curtain of one episode of judicial theater

  December 5, 2002

• Indian War

  A Hollywood man has spent the past decade trying to pry open the Seminoles' accounting books -- without much success

  December 5, 2002

• Felon Follies

  A problem that marred the 2000 ballot is back

  October 31, 2002

• The Double Cross

  Two years ago, Ken Eggleston was Palm Beach County Sheriff Ed Bieluch's heir apparent. Now, they are implacable foes. What happened?

  June 20, 2002

• The Enforcer

  John Garon may be a partial quadriplegic, but he wields federal civil-rights lawsuits with consummate skill

  February 28, 2002

• Call Me Now! ...And Pay Me Later

  With all the millions Miss Cleo brings in, her Broward-based bosses have little trouble paying their way out of those pesky lawsuits

  January 3, 2002

• Police Beat

  More than four years after a Delray Beach cop gave him a body full of bruises and a face full of pepper spray, a local doctor is still seeking justice

  November 29, 2001

• A Single Hair

  After a severely flawed trial, Michael Rivera was convicted of killing a little girl. New DNA evidence may help him.

  June 28, 2001

• Requiem for a Butcher

  Need a tummy tuck? Plastic surgeon Jerry Lingle may not be your guy.

  June 7, 2001

• A Devilish Deal

  A high-profile judge long ago made a deal that freed the area's most heinous killer

  May 17, 2001

• Crustacean Disputation

  A shrimpy Ecuadorian company wants DuPont to stop spoiling its H20

  November 9, 2000

• At Work in the Fields of the Lord

  Long hours. Low pay. Hardly any rights. It's the life of Palm Beach County's hidden underclass: migrant farm workers.

  December 30, 1999

• Grave Injustice

  Do those who bury loved ones in Boca Raton's public cemetery have the right to decorate graves and erect markers? Apparently not.

  November 4, 1999

• The Sex Empire Strikes Back

  Adult businesses in Broward put the heat on the heat by investigating local vice cops, but their evidence is slim

  July 17, 1999

• The Sex Empire Strikes Back

  Adult businesses in Broward put the heat on the heat by investigating local vice cops, but their evidence is slim

  July 8, 1999

• Chinese Drywall Leaves Florida Homeowners Looking for Someone to Blame

  May 7, 2009

• Plantation Accountant, Firm Barred From Filing Taxes for Clients

  In a deal that will have to come with a career change, Carole Exantus of Plantation accepted a permanent injunction against filing tax returns on clients' behalf in order to settle a case with U.S. Justice Department attorneys who had sued her for fraud. From the release:The court found that [Exantus'] J's Corporation repeatedly prepared federal income tax returns claiming false tax credits and deductions that it knew would result in understating customers' tax liabilities. Exantus agreed to the

  July 20, 2009

• Are Animal Rights Activists -- and Local Multimillionaire -- Behind the McDonald's-Causes-Cancer lawsuit?

  flickr user: nukeit1​Today, newswires were abuzz with the information that a Washington-based nonprofit group called the Cancer Project, on behalf of two plantiffs in Connecticut, filed a class-action lawsuit against Burger King, McDonald's, and Friendly's.  The lawsuit alleges that chicken sold by the three restaurant chains contains a chemical, PhIP, which causes cancer. PhIP can form during the grilling/barbecueing/flame-broiling process. But what wasn't noted in wire stories (such as

  October 22, 2009