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23 Jan 2008, 6:00 am
Today in The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Vanessa Blum reports that "Padilla judge criticizes U.S. for 'enemy combatant' detention. [read post]
29 Aug 2007, 2:40 pm
Vanessa Blum reports on the stats here:At the current rate, the number of prosecutions in 2007 will be down roughly 12 percent from 2002, according to data analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a research organization affiliated with Syracuse University.Federal prosecutors in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit and Boston areas have seen even larger decreases in criminal filings over that period.In this region, covering Broward, Palm Beach,… [read post]
28 Oct 2007, 2:13 pm
From Vanessa Blum's article in the Sun-Sentinel:The federal government's leading expert witness in its terrorism case against seven Miami men will take the stand this week to answer what may be the most pressing question facing law enforcement since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: How do ordinary individuals become terrorists? [read post]
3 Jan 2008, 2:24 am
That's the issue raised in this morning's article by Vanessa Blum:A federal judge who declared a mistrial last month for six South Florida men charged with conspiring to support al-Qaida is taking aggressive steps to limit publicity related to the case, including silencing lawyers for a man the jury found not guilty.With a sweeping gag order imposed Dec. 13, U.S. [read post]
13 May 2013, 5:23 pm
[Vanessa Blum] The White House at long last is closing in on a pick to fill the Northern District judicial seat once held by U.S. [read post]
13 May 2013, 5:23 pm
[Vanessa Blum] The White House at long last is closing in on a pick to fill the Northern District judicial seat once held by U.S. [read post]
21 May 2008, 6:01 am
From the intro of Vanessa Blum's article:A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a South Florida woman to seven years and three months in prison for keeping a teenage girl from Haiti in servitude for six years.Maude Paulin, 52, a former Miami-Dade County middle school teacher, was convicted in March along with her mother, Evelyn Theodore, of conspiring to enslave the girl, forcing her to work and harboring an illegal immigrant.Before being sentenced, Paulin apologized to U.S. [read post]
11 Jan 2013, 3:57 pm
[Vanessa Blum]Things are looking up for Charlie. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 6:57 am
Vanessa Blum has all the details here.From the intro:Then Chief U.S. [read post]
29 Mar 2013, 4:48 pm
[Vanessa Blum] There was a yin and yang to U.S. [read post]
23 Apr 2008, 7:38 am
Trial expected to start sometime in the fall.UPDATE -- from Vanessa Blum's article:"We've worked very hard this past week reviewing everything in this case and considering it very, very seriously," said prosecutor Richard Gregorie. [read post]
16 Jan 2009, 5:26 am
Here's Vanessa Blum's article, which is extremely interesting. [read post]
24 Jun 2007, 2:48 pm
According to Vanessa Blum of the Sun-Sentinel:Defense lawyers for Abraham and Augustin lashed out at prosecutors for publicly filing the statements from their clients, which they are trying to keep out of the trial.A summary of statements themselves:The man federal authorities accused of plotting with an al-Qaida operative to bomb the Chicago Sears Tower and government buildings in Miami told FBI agents he was trying to hustle a man he knew as Mohammed for money.At first Narseal… [read post]
29 Oct 2006, 6:47 pm
Vanessa Blum covers this debate here: "Less than two weeks before the Nov. 7 election, Broward County Commissioner Jim Scott is attacking challenger Ken Keechl for his legal representation of a company accused of defrauding investors out of nearly $1 billion. [read post]
1 Apr 2007, 1:59 pm
Vanessa Blum has a lengthy article about the Kenneth Wilk death penalty trial (SDFLA previous coverage here), which is to start this week in front of Judge Cohn. [read post]
7 May 2009, 5:25 am
Fortunately, Vanessa Blum came through with something on theme for the SDFla Blog. [read post]
3 Aug 2009, 2:57 am
I don't know about you, but I'm a bit bored today.Sure I could point out Vanessa Blum's well-written profile of Steve Zack.BTW, did you know Steve does a Claude Pepper impression? [read post]
29 Mar 2013, 4:48 pm
[Vanessa Blum] There was a yin and yang to U.S. [read post]
7 May 2008, 2:39 am
Here is the intro from Vanessa Blum's article:Shahrazad Mir Gholikhan, an Iranian woman accused of trying to export night vision goggles, thought her guilty plea last month would be her ticket back to her family.The federal prosecutor had recommended a term of time served for the 30-year-old mother's role in the illegal plot to trade with Iran, a U.S. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 5:32 pm
[Vanessa Blum] The line of lawyers waiting to enter appearances at Friday morning’s hearing before U.S. [read post]
