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Judge: Kuehne indictment "disturbing"

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

From today's Miami Herald, by Jay Weaver: Judge in Ben Kuehne case calls charge 'disturbing' / A judge cast doubt about the main money-laundering conspiracy charge in the Justice Department's case against prominent attorney Ben Kuehne: A Miami judge who rattled the Justice Department when she threw out the main charge in a major terrorism case could do it again in the prosecution of a prominent South Florida lawyer accused of laundering drug-trafficking profits for legal fees. U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke said she found the government's central charge against Miami attorney Ben Kuehne ''disturbing'' in a key pretrial hearing. The money-laundering conspiracy charge gave her pause, she said, because it implied any defense lawyer could be prosecuted for accepting tainted fees -- despite a Congressional exemption sparing attorneys from criminal prosecution in these situations...continue to full post

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