The defendant in a Broward County criminal case recently won the right to a new trial after his lawyers argued that comments made by the judge indicated the judge was not impartial. The man was facing an attempted murder charge arising out of an incident in which he...
Those who are accused of a sex crime in Florida face potentially severe penalties, including a possible prison term. But those who maintain they are falsely accused should not give up hope, as shown by a recent case that went to trial in Broward County. In that case,...
A person who is arrested on a child sex charge in Florida faces potentially devastating consequences. If convicted, the possibility of prison time is very real. In addition to the legal penalties, the damage to reputation can make finding a job or an apartment after...
The accusation is a very serious one. A 33-year-old Florida man is accused of raping a woman while the two of them were patients in a hospital. To make the accusation even worse, the woman was allegedly unable to walk or defend herself. According to authorities'...
A fraternity party at Florida Atlantic University took an ugly turn when dozens of Broward Sheriff's Deputies arrived to break it up recently. Deputies were dispatched to the party shortly after 10:30 p.m. in response to complaints of loud music. When deputies arrived...
Earlier this month an argument between a man and his girlfriend in Florida turned violent and resulted in the death of the man. The 33-year-old girlfriend is now facing a first-degree murder charge. According to authorities' allegations, sheriff's deputies responded...
To be told you are HIV-positive must be one of the toughest things in life to hear. To be accused of knowingly spreading the HIV virus to others must also be tough to hear, especially if you believe you didn't do it. One Florida man may be feeling this way right now....
Last July two inmates escaped from a minimum-security prison in Wisconsin and embarked on an alleged crime spree that ended with their arrests in Florida. The two men, ages 19 and 29, now face multiple felony charges including armed robbery and kidnapping. The alleged...
About 30 years ago Congress and many state legislatures began getting tough on crime by enacting mandatory sentences for convictions on certain felony charges, including many types of drug cases. Now many researchers are saying the tough sentencing laws have gone too...
A 20-year-old man has been charged with felony murder in connection with the death of a woman during an alleged robbery at a Weston truck stop. He is the second man facing felony charges in the case; a 21-year-old suspect was arrested a week earlier. The murder...
