By Noreen Marcus and Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
As feared, the COVID-19 virus now has invaded Broward’s jail system.
On Thursday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office disclosed that two inmates have tested positive for the deadly virus. No inmates in the Miami-Dade County Jail system have tested positive yet.
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami criminal defense lawyer Edward Shohat and Gordon Weekes, the No. 2 public defender for Broward County, have something in common. Both are racing against time on behalf of a client–in Weekes’s case, many clients.
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
After 44 years in office, and a record pockmarked by several a few of the nation’s most infamous miscarriages of justice, Broward State Attorney Michael J. Satz has established a Conviction Review Unit.
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Ex-BSO deputy Jonathan Bleiweiss is back after 45 months in prison for using his badge and gun to coerce sex from seven vulnerable men. Today, he’s a self-styled champion of justice.
By Claire Goforth
After spending more than 42 years in prison for murder and attempted murder, Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams recently took their place in Florida history as the first people to be exonerated by a prosecutor-led effort.
By Josh Salman
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Vexed by a recent Sarasota Herald-Tribune investigation showing Broward County sentences blacks busted in drug-free zones to more prison time than whites, prosecutors disputed the findings.The newspaper must have erred, they said. But a monthlong review by the Herald-Tribune and State Attorney’s Office found Broward County’s own records are riddled with errors…
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