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Goodman's $2k-a-day home jailing unfair
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsThe next time someone says the justice system treats offenders equally, just tell them about John Goodman, the Wellington polo magnate convicted of manslaughter DUI. He's already been tried, already been convicted and already has been sentenced to 16...Tags: Holidays, Justice System, Judges, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hit-run killer Ryan LeVin allowed to travel
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsNothing like some good outrage for the holiday season. The cases involving notorious South Florida deadly drivers John Goodman and Ryan LeVin have provided plenty. When I heard that Goodman had been allowed to return to his Wellington mansion to......Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Judges, Lawyers, Weddings, Howard Finkelstein
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Palm Beach jail debacle: Big bucks for fewer beds
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsHow does a county spend big bucks on a jail expansion that leaves the county with fewer jail beds than when it started? Just ask Palm Beach County, which has managed the trick with its recent troubled jail construction project,......Tags: South Florida Fairgrounds, Palm Beach County, Ric Bradshaw, Broward County
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Goodman's girlfriend/daughter: 'He is a good man'
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIn a letter to the judge who is scheduled to sentence Wellington polo magnate John Goodman for DUI manslaughter on Friday (if a mistrial isn't declared), the girlfriend who became his adopted daughter extolled Goodman's virtues and told how he......Tags: Justice System, Judges, New York City, Punishment, Alan Cohen
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Private prisons are a bad idea
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIf you repeat something often enough, people start to believe it. And so it was with the buzzword "privatization," which took hold in Florida during the Jeb Bush era. Private companies could always do things smarter, better, cheaper and more......Tags: Jeb Bush, Florida Legislature, Executive Branch, Politics, Company Privatization
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Should Leyritz get jail time for DUI conviction?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsGiven the inconclusive testimony about whether ex-New York Yankee Jim Leyritz ran a red light before crashing into Fredia Veitch in Decmeber 2007, it's no surprise that a Broward jury came back with a split verdict over the weekend. Leyritz......Tags: Crimes, Florida Highway Patrol, Murder, FBI, New York
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Judge metes out 38-year prison term in country store robbery
Who's on Team Gloucester?A Newport News man was sentenced to 38 years in prison last week for the armed robbery of Rick's Country Store and other breaking and entering charges. Anthony Goins and another man robbed the rural store at the intersection of......Tags: Theft, Crimes, Defense, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Firearms
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Leyritz DUI sentencing at 2 p.m. Thursday
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsFormer New York Yankee Jim Leyritz will learn today whether he'll get jail time for his December 2007 drunk-driving wreck that killed Fredia Veitch, a mother of two who had also been drinking that night. Sentencing is set for 2......Tags: Family, Justice System, Crimes, Judges, New York
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Palm Beach County agrees to close sexual offender residency loophole
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County commissioners Tuesday agreed to close a loophole that threatened to allow out-of-state sex offenders to move in and avoid local residency restrictions. The county since 2006 has imposed limits on where sexual offenders can live to try......Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Justice System, Palm Beach County, Local Government
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Thursday memorial service for seven fallen LEOs
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel?? A memorial service is planned??Thursday to remember seven law enforcement officers who died on the job.?? The service will be hosted at 10:30 a.m. by the Broward Sheriff's Office,??2601 W. Broward Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale.???? During the ceremony, an...Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Law Enforcement, Al Lamberti, Transportation Accidents, Murder
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Jail booking photo of player a shock for FAU
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsWell, if you are an FAU football player, coach or fan, this is not the kind of picture you want to see??? - - A jail booking photo. Now, if you are Gator fan, this is pretty common so......Tags: Theft, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Infamous South Florida smuggler subject of Discovery show, ???I Faked My Own Death???
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel??South Florida long-timers may recall Tracey and John Darrell Boyd — a.k.a. the Smith Brothers — who reportedly smuggled marijuana??from Colombia to South Florida in the 1970s. The Broward brothers??? beards led to their nickname because they...Tags: Everglades, North Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Broward County, Organized Crime
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