{"id":1762,"date":"2026-06-13T04:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T04:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2026-06-13T04:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T04:02:15","slug":"broward-clears-dozens-of-drug-convictions-from-the-80s-and-90s-heres-why-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1762","title":{"rendered":"Broward clears dozens of drug convictions from the \u201980s and \u201990s. 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The Florida Supreme Court ruled in 1993 that those reverse-sting operations were illegal, but somehow the convictions remained on the records of an undetermined number of defendants.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1759\">Miami arts icon Marshall Davis to enter crowded race in congressional District 24<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>As Pryor read off the names and case numbers, Broward Circuit Judge Andrew Siegel vacated their pleas, convictions and sentences. None of the affected defendants or their attorneys came to court to witness the official correction of the record. Some defendants have since passed away. Others may have had any number of reasons not to attend an event that would remind them of their past.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1757\">Broward clears dozens of drug convictions from the \u201980s and \u201990s. 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