Peter Weinstein and Paul Backman (Courtesy Anon)
Slippery slope - is it illegal for a lawyer to post a picture of two judges emailed by an anonymous source? (see above)
Scoop! - Ari Odzer of NBC 6 is working on a courthouse exclusive for broadcast tonight. It involves a letter Howard Finkelstein sent to Satz concerning cocaine going missing from the Crime Lab. We've got the goods, of course, but we won't spoil Ari's fun, even if the Florida Bar needs to be reminded again and again and again that lawyers can be cutting edge journalists too. Anyway, we'll follow-up Monday with the details, just in case you miss Ari's piece tonight ...
Setting the record straight - tons of media in the courthouse today, covering Liz Scherer as she sets the record straight in the tragic case of Antwon Hope ...
Behind locked doors - we're getting mighty tired of judges locking the doors on public hearings. Today Hope Tieman-Bristol held crossover juvenile hearings behind locked doors, with the Court Deputy claiming the rule is in place because the hearing room is cramped. Bristol clarified that the doors are locked because she had received a death threat, which still didn't seem like a good reason, considering the courthouse is heavily secured against civilians bringing in weapons. We'll be checking into this one, as well as the common practice of judges locking courtrooms when instructing juries.
Are consumers getting the shaft? - the Florida Bar's Legal Fee Arbitration Program has now caught our attention too. Some people really aren't happy at all with the way things are handled, and they're not lawyers. Are you one of them? If so, drop us a line ...
Coming Soon - Do all of Broward's judges actually live in Broward?