“Shocking Twist: Judge’s Text Scandal Could Overturn Miami Crime Lord’s Death Sentence!”
Text messages from Judge Bronwyn Miller were recently revealed, exposing her criticism of defense attorneys and derogatory remarks about other judges in messages exchanged from January to July, as reported by the Miami Herald.
Miller stands accused of pressuring Miami-Dade Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle on how to manage Smith’s resentencing after having handled his case as a prosecutor twenty years earlier.
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Smith was convicted of four murders in 2004 and sentenced to death a year later after a high-profile trial.
Despite leaving the State Attorney’s office two decades ago, the messages showed Miller trying to influence the DA to replace the judge currently handling Smith’s case, Circuit Judge Andrea Ricker Wolfson.
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In one exchange, Miller told Fernandez Rundle: “I think you should disqualify her” — referring to Wolfson.
She added: “Then all ruling can be reconsidered.”
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Miller also stated that Zamft, a former defense attorney, should never have been involved in Smith’s case.
She wrote in the texts: “They play by different rules. No defense attorney should be training [assistant state attorneys]. It should be someone who knows that prosecutors are held to higher ethics.”
