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• FAST GERRY

  Number of comments: 32
  Update: The Herald's obit on Judge Klein.
  
  Judge Gerald Klein, known as "Fast Gerry" passed away Sunday at the age of 90. 
  
  Judge Klein was a gem. A man from another time and place when Miami was a small southern town.  Judge Klein served as a' [...]
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• SOCKO

  Number of comments: 10
  
  Those of us who lived through Hurricane Andrew in Miami have a special understanding what the people of New York and New Jersey are going through and are going to have to endure in the next few days and weeks. Lives turned upside down; no power; perhaps no [...]
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• FINGERPRINTS, STORMS AND VOTING

  Number of comments: 44
  UPDATE: Here is the order everyone is talking about. 
  
  Judge Hirsch is at it again. This time with fingerprint evidence. The Herald article is here. 
  We're not really sure what he is up to, but the portion of the order acknowledging that just because something has been' [...]
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• BOO

  Number of comments: 12
  Its Halloween weekend.  Trick...? Or Treat?
  
  Early Voting in Florida has begun! Want to find out where to go hang your chad? The President has a convenient tool for you. Click here. Enter your address  and the list of early voting sites nearest you appears. 
  Mitt Romney has [...]
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• BAD BROWARD BLOOD

  Number of comments: 41
  The following is a letter fron Ken Hassett. Ken is the only person in the history of the world who has been president of the Miami chapter and Broward Chapter of the FACDL.  The letter is in regards to some problems (shocking) in the way Broward does things. In particular, [...]
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• DISAGREEING WITH EVERYONE

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  In Garfias-Rodriguez v Holder, a divided ninth circuit, sitting en banc (latin for "unhappily all together in the same room at the same time" ), issued a complicated opinion with members of the court all over the place joining in parts of the decision and dissenting in other parts.
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• MORE OF THE SAME

  Number of comments: 52
  You know things are really bad when Hialeah cops are exposing corruption. Here's David Ovalle's story on three Medley cops fired after they wrongly accused a driver of DUI to cover for an officer who crashed his car into the innocent motorist's mini-van. 
  
  If you have a moment [...]
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• PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT

  Number of comments: 36
  USA TODAY investigated prosecutorial misconduct. Say it ain't so Joe!
  
  Our thoughts: Those prosecutors who came up through the state attorneys office when Janet Reno was the state attorney had fairness drilled into them. The culture of the office was to always first make sure the person being prosecuted' [...]
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• E SERVICE

  Number of comments: 16
  The Miami Dade County State Attorneys Office has some rules for E-Service of documents. 
  
  First (really) DO NOT send your documents to the particular assistant state attorney. That would cause confusion. YOU MUST send your documents to the designated address. 
  
  Second: All the addresses end in @MiamiSAO.com if [...]
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• OIL AND WATER

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  Oil and water do not mix, nor would you invite Barak Obama and Mitt Romney to the same bar [...]
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