In what attorneys call a rare move, a Florida judge has sentenced a former scientist at the Everglades Foundation to a 10-day jail term for criminal contempt of court.
The decision by Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Carlos Lopez comes after a ruling last May, where Lopez found Thomas Van Lent guilty of breaching a 2022 court order related to a lawsuit.
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