http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/ Published by Law Offices of Mark Eiglarsh en-us 2010-08-31T11:15:48-05:00 http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2010/08/guilty_on_just_1_count_blago_t.html After a federal jury convicted him of just one count -- lying to the FBI -- and deadlocked on 23 other counts, Rod Blagojevich declared his innocence today and defiantly taunted prosecutors. "The government threw everything but the kitchen sink... Articles of Interest floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog-1 2010-08-31T11:15:48-05:00 http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2010/08/exsuntimes_columnist_mariotti.html ESPN personality and former Sun-Times sports columnist Jay Mariotti was arrested early this morning by Los Angeles police officers on suspicion of felony domestic assault, according to the L.A. Times. Sources told the Times that Mariotti was angry with his... Articles of Interest floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog-1 2010-08-31T11:06:36-05:00 http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2010/08/clemend_lied_about_doping_indi.html Roger Clemens, the larger-than-life pitcher who appeared destined for the Baseball Hall of Fame, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington on Thursday on charges that he lied to Congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs.... Articles of Interest floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog-1 2010-08-31T10:53:48-05:00 http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2010/08/judge_orders_man_freed_in_a_th.html The case has been widely cited by those pushing to change the law, including civil rights activists and the Los Angeles district attorney, as an example of the kind of heavy-handed sentencing it can lead to. Judge Peter Espinoza of... Articles of Interest floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog-1 2010-08-27T12:14:01-05:00 http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2010/08/man_arrested_for_pushing_strol.html MANSFIELD, Ohio -- A Mansfield man is facing unusual charges for pushing his children in a stroller while he was intoxicated. 24-year-old Steven Melendez says his sons,who are one and three years-old, mean the world to him. However, Melendez concedes... Articles of Interest floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog-1 2010-08-25T14:31:44-05:00 http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2010/05/justices_limit_life_sentences_for_juvenile.html WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that juveniles who commit crimes in which no one is killed may not be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Five justices, in an opinion by Justice Anthony... Articles of Interest floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog-1 2010-05-18T09:40:31-05:00 http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2009/10/study_states_cant_afford_death.html California, which currently has 678 death row inmates, has the nation's largest death row population, yet the state has not executed anyone in four years. California spends more than $130 million a year on its capital punishment system --... Articles of Interest floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog-1 2009-10-27T14:07:14-05:00 http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2009/10/should_parents_lose_custody_of.html An increasing number of countries are grappling with whether morbidly obese children should be taken from their parents amid the Western world's obesity epidemic? Removing children from their parents remains a last resort, but obesity experts are increasingly debating... Articles of Interest floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog-1 2009-10-27T13:38:54-05:00 http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2009/10/holocaust_denier_sues_pembroke_pines_survivor_and_author_.html Holocaust denier, Eric Hunt, has filed a complaint against 80-year-old Pembroke Pines woman, Irene Weisberg Zisblatt, whose memoir describes her experience in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Zisblatt's autobiography recounts how she was packed into a boxcar for the trip from... Articles of Interest floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog-1 2009-10-27T13:09:31-05:00 http://www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/2009/10/florida_teen_set_on_fire_after.html In Deerfield, Fl, a 15-year-old was terribly burned after three teens doused him with a flammable liquid and set him on fire. Authorities were investigating whether he was attacked because he had stopped someone from stealing his father's bicycle... Articles of Interest floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog-1 2009-10-19T08:02:21-05:00