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NEW JUVENILE COURTHOUSE

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

The Herald reports the approval by the Miami City Commission to build a  "new...bright, modern, safe...welcoming...and green" Juvenile Justice Courthouse downtown.  The title of the post links to the article. Rumpole notes: About time, but can the colour be something other than green??The current juvenile courthouse, which we've been to about three times in twenty plus years, is a disgrace. Here's the real question: can the state beat the Feds and build a new courthouse in less time than it took the feds to build that new monstrosity which is still barely functioning? The bar is pretty low on this one. Here's a recap of the collateral estoppel argument before the SCOTUS in  Yeager  v. US. Basically, there was a mixed verdict with acquittals on some counts and a hung jury on other counts, and the government wants to re-try the defendants and punish them for not pleading guilty earlier in violation of the recently enacted "Cheney laws...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on March 27, 2009 (boomark / email).