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I once represented a client who was arrested and formally charged with trafficking in heroin. However, when that so-called heroin was sent to the lab at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, it was determined that it was not, in fact, heroin. That charge was dropped. So when I read the following recent article from […]

CNN posted the following shocking story about a woman in Minnesota actually narrating her fiancé’s death on Facebook from her cell phone just moments after he was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop for a broken taillight: As Philando Castile's head slumps backward while he lies dying next to her, Diamond Reynolds […]

Yahoo.com News recently reported the following bizarre story. Two former local TV personalities have been indicted in Arizona for child abuse after their 4-month-old baby was found with cocaine in its system, authorities tell PEOPLE. A public information officer for the Oro Valley Police Department says Krystin Rae Lisaius and Somchai P. Lisaius – both […]

With all the news circulating around the most deadly mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a lot of questions and issues have been raised about how the FBI investigates potential criminals. To help answer a few of those questions, the Sun Sentinel went to leading West Palm Beach Defense Attorney, Ron Chapman. Here is the […]

If you're a prosecutor on Facebook, some posts may have consequences. CNN recently reported the following story about a Florida prosecutor who made statements on Facebook about the shooting in Orlando. It resulted in his suspension. Here is the story: A Florida assistant state attorney has been suspended after allegedly writing controversial Facebook posts slamming […]

People tend to think that DNA evidence is infallible. There is no doubt that DNA is very powerful evidence that has helped to convict many and free others. But as the following article from the Scientific American shows, just because someone’s DNA is found at a crime scene does not necessarily mean that that person […]

The death penalty has been a long contested issue in Florida. Now with the new restrictions on the ability to buy lethal drugs, how will the correctional departments of Florida and politicians respond? With so many changes in the laws and the availability of the drugs used in death penalties, what will happen to this […]

The San Francisco Examiner recently published the following story which shows just how important it is that police officers be required to wear body cameras. About a dozen men stood around a craps game on the corner of Eddy and Taylor streets in December. But the late-night game was soon called off when police rolled […]

Earlier this week, CNN reported the following story about two San Francisco deputies who have been charged criminally for beating a suspect. That beating was caught on tape. Prosecutors in San Francisco have obtained a felony arrest warrant for two sheriff's deputies captured on a surveillance video beating a suspect with dozens of baton blows […]

During a West Palm Beach traffic stop you may stopped for what seems like a long time to you. The West Palm Beach Police or Sheriff’s office may require that you remain stopped for certain periods of time, but how long are the police allowed to make you stay at a traffic stop? Do you […]