Incredible shrinking story - the Sun Sentinel published an update on the Randy Tundidor death penalty case online earlier today. Unfortunately, you can only readthe truncated story now, because all references to Alexander Imperato's recent DUI arrest have been deleted.
Originally there was some detail concerning the allegations of the younger Imperato's case (PC says he blew .000/.000, but refused to provide a urine sample), and a quote from Richard Rosenbaum as to whether or not a second DUI defendant named Imperato would have any bearing on his ongoing efforts to get Tundidor a new judge. But if you blinked, you missed it, because the full story was scuttled soon after publication.
It's all very curious. As has been pointed out inthe Comments Section, the Sentinel had no problem running stories concerning the DUI arrest of the daughter of Mary and Mike Robinson, both Broward judges. Of course, a death penalty conviction wasn't on the line, and neither of the Robinsons' careers were in jeopardy, like Imperato's is at the moment. In any event, since news of Alexander Imperato's DUI broke on Tuesday, the Sentinel still hasn't run the story, unless you count today's embarrassing take-back.
In an effort to find out what happened, we contacted the article's author Rafael Olmeda, who declined to comment (surprise). And having learned back in November when battling over a credit beef that it's next to impossible to get an editor on the phone to explain anything, we quit trying.
There you have it. Imperato stays on Tundidor unless a higher court intervenes, and the Sentinel gets added to the list of those who apparently haven't learned anything from the Gardiner/Loureiro fiasco ...
Brannon v. Finkelstein appeal update - "Forensic psychologist Michael P. Brannon appeared to have an uphill climb convincing the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday that a lower court wrongly rejected his claims that a Florida public defender had retaliated against him over testimony he gave on behalf of a judge ..." (from Law360 (register for free trial subscription)
Florida Bar Website Problems - still clicking over to a Network Solutions This Page Is Under Construction - Coming Soon! site featuring ads for restaurant equipment as of the time of this post. Did someone forget to pay their bills?
Hitler spotted in Broward County
DBR: Weinstein lobbies for "ceremonial hall" courtroom in new courthouse
Rumpole/Captain on Judge DavidKW (excellent comments)
Above The Law on Judge DavidKW
"We checked to see if Audlin could be found on any other social networking sites, and lo and behold, he’s apparently on Facebook, wearing the same shirt seen in the Manhunt profile picture featured above ..."
What else should I say, Everyone is gay ...
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