Miami Criminal Lawyer Blog

In most situations, criminal cases end in plea bargains from the court. Miami-Dade criminal lawyers can help during this tough time and help their clients understand the offer. Plea bargains happen before the case goes to trial, and the sentence is almost always lesser than it would be if the client goes to trial. Most Miami-Dade criminal defense attorneys will persuade their client to accept the plea bargain because there is a chance the offense can be dismissed from their record.

Why the Accused is Offered a Plea Bargain

Any outcome for a client and their case is unpredictable. Fortunately, this is why the state will offer the Miami-Dade criminal lawyers and their client a plea bargain. In the end, the accused receives punishment and they are proven guilty.

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The U.S. Department of Justice, in a 35 page report issued this week, dealt a serious blow to a controversial Florida state law regulating travel to Cuba. The law in question... the Sellers of Travel Act of 2008... was touted by proponents as a "homeland security" issue because it regulated travel agencies that sold trips to five so-called terrorist nations: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Syria. It required any such travel agencies to post a $250,000 bond with the state and to pay up to $2,500 in annual registration fees. However, opponents to the Florida law decried the legislation as an unjust and politically-motivated "witch-hunt."

Department of Justice officials were forced to weigh in on the matter after more than a dozen Florida travel agencies filed a federal lawsuit against the state to prevent the controversial law from going into effect. After the lawsuit was filed in June of last year, U.S. District Court Judge Alan S. Gold ordered a temporary injunction in July to have time to solicit a legal opinion from Department of Justice attorneys.

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