Howard Finkelstein

New testing that shows a Miramar man serving life in prison for a 1983 rape and murder is not the source of DNA on the victim's body is just one of several troubling issues in the case, according to defense attorneys, experts and a Sun Sentinel review...

By recent South Florida political standards, the trial scheduled to start today involving two suspended Coral Springs city commissioners is relatively small pickings: Vincent Boccard and Tom Powers each face a misdemeanor charge of violating the state's...

Broward public defenders have begun reviewing some pending and past cases in the wake of a police video that shows four Hollywood police officers possibly conspiring to falsify an official report after a crash. Three categories of cases are being...

Public humiliation for Hollywood police continued Wednesday as state prosecutors dropped criminal charges against a driver some officers tried to blame for a rear-end crash that may have been an officer's fault. As the four officers talked about what...

Broward County Public Defender brings a sense of the 60s and a zeal for justice. Q. Mr. Finkelstein, it's a little over a year since you were elected to your position. How has the first year gone? A. This has been a difficult year. It's probably been...

It's lunchtime in Room 510 of the Broward County Courthouse, and the judge is clearly worried about the disheveled prisoner with matted hair and glassy eyes sitting shackled before her. The man has been languishing in the county jail for days on a...

Being mentally ill is not a crime, but it can get you arrested. It can get you thrown in jail and keep you confined for months in a terrifying place that does nothing to improve your mental health. Once released, unless you're one of the lucky ones, you'...