David Edelstein is an AV® Peer Review Rated criminal defense attorney
representing clients in state and federal criminal matters across the State of Florida.

The suit charged that inmates at the prison, operated by Management and Training Corp., capture rats, put them on improvised leashes and sell them to other seriously mentally ill inmates. The solitary confinement section is known as the ‘dead area’ because security officers avoid the area. ‘The air is so contaminated from frequent fires that [...]

Ernest Pagels Jr. says he has a right to a trial by jury, even if prosecutors don’t want to pursue charges against him. A Wisconsin appeals court disagreed and rejected Pagels’ pro se appeal on Thursday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel blog Proof & Hearsay. Pagels had paid a $36 jury fee and was [...]

A 12-year-old Kosciuso County boy has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the killing of the stepfather of one of his friends, reports Wane.com. Despite expressing remorse, the Judge decided that a 20 year sentence (the minimum) wouldn’t be sufficient for the child.  And I thought Florida was bad. Cases [...]