While the world is seemingly turned upside down due to the coronavirus outbreak, Miami Dade's Court System has had to quickly transition into a safer environment while still maintaining its necessary proceedings and observing best practices.Based on guidelines set...
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4 Crazy Criminal Defenses that Actually Worked
The court system is a complicated and when it comes to having your case heard there are several different ways to validate the choices that may have lead to committing a crime. When it comes to criminal defenses, there's a gamut of options that can be used to explain...
Broward to Set Up New Conviction Review Unit
Did you know that the National Registry of Exonerations currently has 2,519 counts of cases where someone has been wrongly convicted and later freed? Of that number, 83 of them are from Florida-based cases, with 11 of those taking place in Broward, 9 in Miami-Dade,...
Prisoner Claims Life Sentence was Fulfilled After Short-Term Death Before Being Revived by Doctors
An Iowa man is currently challenging the courts as he claims he's already died, and by doing so has fulfilled his sentence of life behind bars. Benjamin Schreiber has been in prison since 1997 when he was found guilty for clubbing a man to death with the wooden handle...
The Difference Between a Direct Appeal and Post-Conviction Relief in Florida
In the event that someone is found guilty of a crime during a criminal trial, there can be an element of shock and disbelief, especially if the defendant feels as though the trial was unfair, or additional evidence that challenges their guilt was not available at the...
Can a Disloyal Attorney be Considered Ineffective Assistance of Counsel?
One of the guarantees of the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the right for an accused person to have an attorney, or counsel, in a trial with charges against him/her. If there is a deficient performance by that counsel, and the result of the trial may have...
Supreme Court Sides with Defendant Who Was Given Incorrect Information
A new Supreme court case gives hope for prisoners and individuals convicted of crimes where they have received incorrect information in some instances - In Lee v. United States 582 US ___ (2017) the court held that:When a defendant claims that his counsel's deficient...