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"Don't let the inmates run the asylum, a la Dade County"

By JAABLOG

NAPLES DAILY NEWSE-mail hints that Collier traffic judges predetermine sentences(A)ttorneys Mark Gold and Ted Hollander of The Ticket Clinic in West Palm Beach (are) accusing Collier County judges of conspiring to prejudge cases to whittle down their increased caseloads... An April 4 e-mail from County Judge Vince Murphy to all Collier County judges said he was writing to tell judges how he and Judge Eugene Turner handled cases that first day of traffic court. It referred to Hollander?s and Gold?s local co-counsel, Naples attorney Lee Carney, saying he set several cases for afternoon hearings to work out plea deals with law officers for withholds of adjudication. He urged judges not to accept deals once a case reaches hearing day... The e-mail ended with a caution: ?Remember, if we ever let the inmates run the asylum, a la Dade County, we will have to go through Hell to get it back...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on June 20, 2008 (boomark / email).