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U.S. Courts

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    BREAKING: CCA Sues Pembroke Pines in Federal Court

    ​Well, that was quick. Pembroke Pines commissioners voted last night to rescind a contract to provide fire, EMS, water, and sewer services to Southwest Ranches, in opposition to a planned ICE detention facility being proposed by Corrections Corporation of America.CCA responded immediately with a h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Score a Half-Billion-Dollar Win for Spain, but Treasure Hunters Vow to Keep Digging

    ​Sean Fisher lives the exciting yet often uncertain life of a treasure hunter. As vice president of Mel Fisher's Treasures, Fisher knows that his career choice is not always easy. Treasure hunters spend years scavenging the salty seas in hopes of finding hidden gems that could win them a fortune - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Five Supreme Court Cases That Say Florida's Prayer in Schools Bill Is Bunk

    Imagine you're at a high school pep rally: The football players are in their jerseys, the cheerleaders are yelling, and the students are getting ready for the school spirit contest. But first, a student is invited to the microphone to give an inspirational message."Let us pray," he says. Some of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Oba Chandler Set to Be Executed Today; Picked Salami Sandwiches for His Last Meal

    Florida Department of CorrectionsOba Chandler, scheduled to die at 4 p.m. today.​Rapist/triple murderer Oba Chandler is scheduled to be executed at the Florida State Prison at 4 p.m. today, and he's already submitted the request for his last meal.According to Florida Department of Corrections spok ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Oba Chandler's Last-Ditch Effort at Appealing Death Sentence Denied

    via WFTS-TampaOba Chandler appealing his death sentence in 1994.​The last legal challenge standing between pentobarbital, pancuronium bromide, potassium chloride, and Oba Chandler's veins has been denied.Department of Corrections spokesman Jo Ellyn Rackleff just sent over the order from the United ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Jakaris Taylor, Sentenced to Life at 17 for Role in Gang Rape, Now Resentenced to 60 Years

    Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeMug shot of Jakaris Taylor taken yesterday.​Jakaris Taylor, one of up to 10 people who took part in a West Palm Beach gang rape of a 35-year-old woman in 2007, as well as the beating of both the woman and her 12-year-old son, was resentenced today to 60 years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Oba Chandler's Supreme Court Arguments Canceled; 12 Days Until Scheduled Execution

    Florida Department of CorrectionsOba Chandler, scheduled to die in 12 days.​Arguments before the Florida Supreme Court in the appeal of triple murderer Oba Chandler's death sentence that were scheduled for Wednesday have been canceled, according to a filing from the clerk's office released just mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    First Amendment Right to Blast Music to Be Considered by Florida Supreme Court

    inquisitr.comThe Florida Supreme Court will decide whether this is your First Amendment right.​The issue of whether it's the First Amendment right of Florida drivers to blast obnoxious music from their cars way louder than anyone needs to will be heard before the Florida Supreme Court.The court sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Manuel Valle Execution: Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

    ​Manuel Valle was executed by the State of Florida at 7:14 p.m. Wednesday after the many appeals filed on his behalf were denied.Just before the execution was scheduled to take place at 4 p.m., the U.S. Supreme Court delayed it to briefly take a look at the case.A stay of execution was denied, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Manuel Valle Execution Draws Florida Supreme Court Petition From Irish Neurologist

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle, sheduled to die tomorrow at 4 p.m.​The execution of convicted South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle has been petitioned in the Florida Supreme Court yet again over issues with the new lethal injection drug, this time with the objection of a Northern I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Florida Supreme Court Quickly Dismisses Latest Manuel Valle Appeal

    ​Well, that was quick. Less than an hour ago, the Florida Supreme Court released a ruling saying the court will not hear the latest petition over issues with the new lethal injection drug to be used in Manuel Valle's execution.Yesterday, Northern Irish neurologist Dr. David Nicholl asked the court ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Manuel Valle Denied Stay of Execution by Florida Supreme Court; Death Date Remains

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle, scheduled to die on September 28.​South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle's petition asking for a stay of execution was denied today by the Florida Supreme Court.His scheduled date with death remains September 28, 2011, at 4 p.m.Valle's lawyers filed th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Manuel Valle's Lawyers File Another Petition With the Florida Supreme Court

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle​The lawyers for South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle have filed a petition with the Florida Supreme Court over clemency proceedings for Valle and have asked the court to stay Valle's scheduled execution... again.Valle, 61, has been given a date to die ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Manuel Valle Gets His Third Date With Death: September 28

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle, now sheduled to die on September 28.​For the third time, convicted South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle has been given a date to die.This time, it's been scheduled for September 28, 2011, at 4 p.m. at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, according to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Scott Rothstein's Impending Deposition Will Not Be Videotaped Due to "Security Risk"

    Scott Rothstein, who can't be seen on film because of reasons that are "unusual in nature."​A deposition for Ponzi-schemer extraordinaire Scott Rothstein scheduled to be held in December will not be videotaped, a federal judge ruled earlier in the week.Rothstein is slated to be deposed on Dece ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Manuel Valle's Execution Gets the Go-Ahead From Circuit Court Judge

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle, now sheduled to die on September 1.​Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jacqueline Hogan Scola cleared one more roadblock to the lethal juicing of South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle.After a hearing ordered by the Florida Supreme Court to decide the effectiven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Florida's Drug Laws Ruled Unconstitutional; People Need to Know Their Drugs Are Illegal

    irishcentral.comThis is what-caine?​The case of cocaine delivery man Mackle Shelton -- who received an 18-year sentence for practicing his trade in 2005 -- sparked a federal judge to rule part of Florida's drug laws unconstitutional yesterday.Judge Mary S. Scriven of Federal District Court, in a 4 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Westboro Baptist Creeps Planning Florida Funeral Protest in Response to Proposed Bill

    thegatewaypundit.comWestboro Baptist weirdos.​It looks like the Westboro Baptist "Church" is interpreting State Rep. Pat Rooney's military funeral buffer-zone bill as an invitation.The Kansas crazies haven't placed it on their public schedule yet, but the Palm Beach Post reports the "Thank God for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Florida Judge Kills Matching Funds; Money is Considered Free Speech in Political Campaigns

    illinoisstate.edu​Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court found Arizona's matching-funds campaign law unconstitutional, a Florida federal court judge halted a similar provision in this state.The issue, unsurprisingly, was brought up in a lawsuit by then-candidate Rick Scott, who said his right ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Judges Meet, Expect Florida Court Crisis To Soon Hit Broward

    Outgoing Chief Judge Victor Tobin called a closed-door meeting of all 90 Broward judges this afternoon to discuss a budget shortfall that is threatening to shut down courthouses across the state. During the meeting, the idea was raised to "call the bluff" of Rick Scott and the Florida House and ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Fantasy Voter Fraud

    Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was dissed by Russell Pearce over Prop 200's dismissal.

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Kristin Haynes, Millionaire Creator of "Dreamsicles" Figurines, Sentenced for Tax Evasion

    We must be in the wrong business. Looks like the big money is in knickknacks, trinkets, and doodads. According to court documents in a federal criminal case, Kristin Haynes, creator of the Dreamsicles line of collectible ceramic figurines (like the one pictured here) raked in nearly $3 mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Judge Strikes Down Voter-Backed Term Limits

    On a day when voters are going to the polls to show their power, a Broward County Circuit judge has decided to take it away from them. Broward Circuit Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips has struck down term limits for Broward County commissioners as unconstitutional after voters went to the polls in ov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Howard Steven Ault's Claims That an Abnormal Brain Caused Him to Kill Rejected by High Court

    Ault may be brain damaged, but he's still going to spend his life in prison.​Howard Steven Ault has an abnormal brain. Defects in areas that process memories and emotions make him incapable of taking in data the way most people do -- common problems among fellow pedophiles. And so, his attorneys h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    [UPDATED] Election Was a Campaign Consultants' Battle Royal; So Who Are Winners and Losers?

    Flickr: eschipul​In the months before yesterday's election, Broward candidates lined up behind campaign rainmakers who possessed extraordinary powers for rounding up votes. Of course, they would share these powers only if the price was right. Since incumbents could outraise their challengers, incu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Rush Limbaugh Asks for Intimate Time in Palm Beach Mansion With a Young Lady

    Flickr: vistagrandeLooks a little like a young Ann Coulter, doesn't she? (No offense, Ann -- or Kathryn.)​She's half Rush Limbaugh's age, but don't worry, she's still plenty legal. He's 59. And this weekend, the nation's most notorious blowhard will marry Kathryn Rogers, 33, at his Palm Beach mans ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Meek to Use Elena Kagan to Siphon Moderate Votes from Crist

    ​The hard part of being the independent in a three-way race is that you can't always play it down the middle politically. Likely Democratic candidate for Senate Kendrick Meek is trying to force Charlie Crist's hand: Does Crist support the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan or not?In his Washi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Suit Filed in West Palm Against Chiquita; Banana Company Accused of Paying Colombian Terrorists

    Flickr: Jennifer I.​In a filing that's been anticipated for months, a group of Colombian families have sued Chiquita Brands International in West Palm federal court over reports that the banana company paid a terrorist group that then kidnapped and murdered relatives of those families.The suit, in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Justice Stevens Chooses Fort Lauderdale Home Over Supreme Court Bench

    Photo: WikipediaJustice John Paul Stevens​Make room in Broward for one more bowtie-wearing senior. Justice John Paul Stevens announced this morning his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, just 11 days shy of his 90th birthday.As Juice reported in October, Stevens is a snowbird, migrating every ... More >>

  • News

    March 25, 2010

    Scott Rothstein's Work as Mafia Rat May Help Him in Ponzi Case

    Photo: WikipediaJustice John Paul Stevens​Make room in Broward for one more bowtie-wearing senior. Justice John Paul Stevens announced this morning his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, just 11 days shy of his 90th birthday.As Juice reported in October, Stevens is a snowbird, migrating every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Supreme Court Has Stoner Conversation About Florida Beaches

    Flickr: USA TODAY / H. Darr BeiserMaybe the Supreme Court needs to spend a day at the beach before they give their ruling.​These are the nation's most eminent legal minds? Read this article in today's New York Times, about the U.S. Supreme Court's debate over whether to allow the state to claim be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    That's Low-Down: Pembroke Pines Man Gets Rich by Stealing From Disabled Cousin

    John Kopras, formerly of Pembroke Pines, entered a guilty plea in Fort Lauderdale's federal court Thursday to charges that he raided the Social Security accounts of a cousin who was mentally disabled.According to the federal prosecutor's news release, Kopras set up trust accounts at Wachovia Bank th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Sotomayor Confirmed for Supreme Court

    As was widely expected (and dreaded, in conservative quarters) the U.S. Senate gave its approval to Barack Obama's appointment for U.S. Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor. Florida's Sen. Mel Martinez was one of just nine Republicans to cast a vote in favor of the appointment. That's because he fell head ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Martinez Bowled Over by Sotomayor

    Republicans like Newt Gingrich are pretty sure that Sonia Sotomayor is racist against white men, but just to make sure, the U.S. Senate's only Hispanic Republican, Mel Martinez, went in for a closer look. As you can see in the video above, the Florida senator exchanged some awkward Spanish with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    For Supreme Court, Two South Florida Judges Coulda Been Contenders

    Photo courtesy Official White House PhotostreamSotomayor and ObamaDuring the 2000 presidential campaign, Gov. George W. Bush vowed that if elected, he would nominate a Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. It certainly didn't hurt his popularity in Florida's Latin American community, and that was a race c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Newsflash: Ritter Invited "Creepy" Joel Steinger To Her New Year's Party

    A Sun-Sentinel article this morning details the luxury items the fraudulent Mutual Benefits Corp. purchased for the Parkland home of Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter and her husband Russ Klenet. That's fine, but what's really interesting is that Ritter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Boom Times For Bogenschutz

    As the economy goes further into the tank, there's at least one guy in Broward County whose business appears to be thriving like never before: David Bogenschutz, the go-to defense attorney for ethically challenged judges, indicted politicians, and just about anyone else with a high pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    True Justice On "False Light"

    As the economy goes further into the tank, there's at least one guy in Broward County whose business appears to be thriving like never before: David Bogenschutz, the go-to defense attorney for ethically challenged judges, indicted politicians, and just about anyone else with a high pr ... More >>

  • News

    June 19, 2008

    Jack Don't Know Jack

    Why will the right-wing crusader likely lose his license? Swastikas are just the start.

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2007

    The Wasserman-Schultz Cult

    Why will the right-wing crusader likely lose his license? Swastikas are just the start.

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2007

    Does Todd Wilder Know Something We Don't?

    Why will the right-wing crusader likely lose his license? Swastikas are just the start.

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    Too Dumb to Die

    Kevin Moore's case raises questions about executing the mentally disabled

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    United States of Jesus

    The folks who are "reclaiming America for Christ" are pushing an agenda for a Taliban-like state where Scripture is law

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Indian War

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

  • Best of BPB

    May 16, 2002

    Best Judge's Decision

    Barry Seltzer's dismissal of Fred Shotz

  • Culture

    February 15, 2001

    Cough It Up

    The man who created Josie and the Pussycats can't understand why his girls don't belong to him

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Minority Madness

    Wisecracking Democrats in Tallahassee were steamrollered during the presidential contest. But they didn't take it lying down.

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Lobbying Under the Influence

    There's nothing wrong with having a few drinks before you drive. So says David Heilman, Mr. Anti-DUI.

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Dead Man Waiting

    Billy Elledge brutally raped and murdered a woman in Hollywood 25 years ago. He has sat in prison since then, evidence that Florida's death penalty isn't working.

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    Undercurrents

    Billy Elledge brutally raped and murdered a woman in Hollywood 25 years ago. He has sat in prison since then, evidence that Florida's death penalty isn't working.

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