
Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein Regardless of what happened in the locker room, Arenas may be in hot water for violating D.C.'s handgun ban.
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Washington Wizards point guard Gilbert Arenas admits he drew guns in the team locker room in a highly publicized December 21 incident, but says he was only kidding around.

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Muslim leaders say their relations with the F.B.I. have reached a low point in recent months.

Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein Well, it's about time! Kudos to Miami-Dade County Public Defender Carlos Martinez for taking the lead on this issue!
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Calling the widespread shackling of juveniles in court ``repugnant, degrading [and] humiliating,'' the Florida Supreme Court issued a new rule Thursday that forbids the restraint of juvenile offenders unless a judge finds that the youth is likely to be violent.

Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein is disappointed, but not surprised that the FBI over reaches in their terrorism investigations; I feel sorry for law abiding Moslem and Middle Eastern people in this country. What's next, internment camps?

Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein Fred Grimm has it right on the money! What kind of sick world do we live in when we prosecute kids as if they were adults?
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It must take a heroic effort for Judge John Murphy to ignore the absurdity hanging over his courtroom, obvious as flashing neon.

Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein It looks like Tiger is out of the Woods . . .

Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein Criminal lawyers practicing in South Florida have a special responsibility to fully investigate their foreign national clients' immigration status and the effect their criminal case may have on it. What good is resolving the criminal case if you end up getting deported?
November 27, 2009 By: Tony Mauro The attention-seeking parents of the Colorado “balloon boy” must not have had their thinking caps on when they told police their son was aboard a runaway hot-air balloon. But when their misadventure got them hauled into court, they suddenly smartened up. O...

Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein spent the day in Tampa reviewing a case with a client and is patiently waiting to board his d e l a y e d flight.

Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein If we want to call ourselves a "civilized" country, then we can't try children as adults and give them life sentences. Both of the petitioners in the case were sentenced to life in prison for crimes they committed as minors. One of them was 13 years old at the time he committed the crime.
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WASHINGTON — A seemingly divided Supreme Court wrestled Monday with whether teenagers can be locked away forever for their crimes. The question arose in two cases involving Florida men who are serving life prison terms with no chance of parole for crimes they committed as teenagers. ...

Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein Despite all the problems with our system of justice, it's important to keep things in perspective. . .
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Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein I know everyone was eagerly awaiting the verdict on this one. ; ) You just can't make this stuff up.
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A former Alabama judge was cleared Monday of charges that he spanked and sexually abused male inmate. (Oct. 27)

Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein I was lucky enough NOT to watch this on the news cycle, but now it's getting kind of interesting . . .
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The attorney for Richard Heene— now suspected of staging the incident that had the nation thinking his 6-year-old son was trapped in a runaway balloon— said that his clients are ready to turn themselves in. ...

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Fascinating case from a constitutional law perspective. At a glance, the statue looks overbroad to me. And as for "crush videos," I must live a sheltered life! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/us/07s cotus.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y
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The most important free speech case this term questions a ban on trafficking in “depictions of animal cruelty.”

Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein is in NYC this week for a white collar criminal law seminar.

Miami Criminal Lawyer David Edelstein A cursory reading of the federal statute prohibiting threats against the President (18 U.S.C. § 871 ) which can be found here http://bit.ly/ircmv , raises questions about whether the joker who created this poll could actually be prosecuted. Although it certainly was incendiary, I don't think it could fairly be constru...ed to be a "threat" under the statute.
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The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.

















