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Cuban 5 Convictions Upheld Again. Next Stop: Supreme Court

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Justice Leslie Rothenberg

Cuban Five Takes it to the Supreme Court

Lawyers for the Cuban Five, Castro's group of convicted spies, today filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking the body to throw out their conviction and order a new trial. All five men were convicted in 2001 in a Miami court, though the defense argues that a fair trial was not possible in Miam ... More >>

To Catch a Cop: Part 2

Janet Reno didn't file charges against Opa-locka cop Charles Jones, but the city manager fired him anyway. Guess who's smiling now.

Two Rights Make a Wrong

In a Dade jail, a TV tabloid show films a murder confession. In a Dade court, the First Amendment squares off against the Sixth Amendment.

Lock a Block

An appeals court nudges convicted orangutan smuggler Matthew Block a little closer to prison

The King Was Shot but Survived

And now federal proescutors face a daunting challenge: Take down Raul Martinez once and for all

A Taxing Process

And now federal proescutors face a daunting challenge: Take down Raul Martinez once and for all

Letters from the Issue of November 9, 2006

"Murder millions in Allah’s name?"

Mock Trial

Miami’s immigration judges are not interested in your problems

The Rothenberg Pledge

You can help our newest appeals court judge set things right

What Spies Beneath

Okay, so they really were spying for Cuba, but not in a bad way

At Long Last Busted

The effort to bring felony charges against Manuel Diaz was fraught with innuendo, suspicion, and an alleged conflict of interest

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Benedict "Ben" Kuehne

Speak Your Mind, Lose Your Job

Benedict "Ben" Kuehne

Riptide

Benedict "Ben" Kuehne

A War of Addition

A legal battle between developer Ron Bloomberg and Beach officials over the fate of the city's cultural campus has both sides fuming

American Nightmare

Ernesto Mejia has a good job, a loving wife, and a clean record. So why has he been locked up in Krome for more a year?

Go Directly to Court

In a high-stakes showdown, Miami hopes to put some muscle on its enfeebled Nuisance Abatement Board

You Can't Take It With You

By dying rich, Dora Pomeranc ensured that Dade's probate court would continue to be a very lively place

Justice Undone . . . Again

Four years after their son was killed by an off-duty cop, Joe and Andrea Morello are denied their day in court

The Seven Year Bitch

The homeless story that won't go away still won't go away

Still Homeless After All These Years

The Pottinger case returned to Judge Atkins's courtroom, and both sides came out firing

Keep It Coming!

Coral Gables officials send taxpayers' money to the lawyers in wheelbarrows. Guess they really don't like pretty red news racks.

Rubio on Sotomayor Appointment: Right Wing Echo Chamber

Marco Rubio's modus operandi during his long-shot Senate bid seems to be to turn to the hard right any chance he gets. So, it wasn't much of a surprise when he was one of the first wonks in Florida to get up on a shout box and paint President Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor with a bit of ... More >>

Marco Rubio Takes a Swipe at Sonia Sotomayor

Wing-nut Cuban-American criticizes first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

Cuban Five Member Has Sentence Reduced, Could Be Out of Jail in Seven Years

Antonio Guerrero​Antonio Guerrero, a member of a group of men collectively known at the Cuban Five, has had his sentence reduced from life in prison to 21 years and 10 months. Taking into account time served and good behavior, Guerrero could be out of jail in seven years, his lawyer says.Guer ... More >>

Florida Court Rules Pasting Kids' Faces on Naked Adult Bodies is Not Child Porn

​Danny Parker, a Sunday school teacher from Lakeland, Florida, was arrested and eventually convicted on child porn charges in 2009 after he was found to have cut out the faces of children from photos he'd taken and then pasted them on the bodies of explicit photos of adults. Now, a Florida appeals ... More >>