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[Anonymous User]

You don't want to work in MDFL.

Why not?

The office is a mess. Poor leadership, shady discovery practices, and draconian charging philosophy compared to other districts (even the other two districts within Florida).

I don’t know if you know this buddy but MDFL follows the JUSTICE MANUAL just like everyone else. Don’t like it? There’s plenty of room on the CJA list.

Feisty, say nothing of the allegations of the shady discovery practices.

Careful sweetie, your ignorance is showing.

JUSTICE MANUAL 9-5.002: Discovery policies

JUSTICE MANUAL 9-5.003: Even more discovery policies

JUSTICE MANUAL 9-5.004: Yet more discovery policies

JUSTICE MANUAL 9-5.100: You guessed it, discovery policies

Believe it or not, every question you will ever think of as a prosecutor has already been thought of and committed to the JUSTICE MANUAL. So when I say all districts follow the JUSTICE MANUAL, maybe you should actually read the whole thing instead of the little part that covers your practice (JUSTICE MANUAL 9-112.000).

Why JM in caps?

The forfeiture hyperlink is the greatest troll in the history of trolls, maybe ever

[Anonymous User]

You don't want to work in MDFL.

Why not?

The office is a mess. Poor leadership, shady discovery practices, and draconian charging philosophy compared to other districts (even the other two districts within Florida).

I don’t know if you know this buddy but MDFL follows the JUSTICE MANUAL just like everyone else. Don’t like it? There’s plenty of room on the CJA list.

Feisty, say nothing of the allegations of the shady discovery practices.

Careful sweetie, your ignorance is showing.

JUSTICE MANUAL 9-5.002: Discovery policies

JUSTICE MANUAL 9-5.003: Even more discovery policies

JUSTICE MANUAL 9-5.004: Yet more discovery policies

JUSTICE MANUAL 9-5.100: You guessed it, discovery policies

Believe it or not, every question you will ever think of as a prosecutor has already been thought of and committed to the JUSTICE MANUAL. So when I say all districts follow the JUSTICE MANUAL, maybe you should actually read the whole thing instead of the little part that covers your practice (JUSTICE MANUAL 9-112.000).

Why JM in caps?

Because they cut and pasted from the website, which has it in caps.

[Anonymous User]

Any updates on MDFL?

You don't want to work in MDFL.

Why not?

The office is a mess. Poor leadership, shady discovery practices, and draconian charging philosophy compared to other districts (even the other two districts within Florida).

I don’t know if you know this buddy but MDFL follows the JUSTICE MANUAL just like everyone else. Don’t like it? There’s plenty of room on the CJA list.

Feisty, say nothing of the allegations of the shady discovery practices.

Careful sweetie, your ignorance is showing.

JUSTICE MANUAL 9-5.002: Discovery policies

JUSTICE MANUAL 9-5.003: Even more discovery policies

JUSTICE MANUAL 9-5.004: Yet more discovery policies

JUSTICE MANUAL 9-5.100: You guessed it, discovery policies

Believe it or not, every question you will ever think of as a prosecutor has already been thought of and committed to the JUSTICE MANUAL. So when I say all districts follow the JUSTICE MANUAL, maybe you should actually read the whole thing instead of the little part that covers your practice (JUSTICE MANUAL 9-112.000).

I mean, I used to be a criminal AUSA and even I think citing the existence of discovery policies in the Justice Manual to someone alleging shady discovery practices seems kind of silly. It’s like citing the fact that there’s a speed limit to someone alleging speeding.

(TBC, I don’t know anything about whether MDFL does have shady discovery practices.)