I was selected by ABOTA MIAMI to produce a Jury Service Video for the Miami Dade County Courts.
I learned more about jury service and its critical importance to our way of life making this video than I ever thought I would. Exposed to the people that make our justice system work, I had the opportunity to meet and video tape Harvey Ruvin, Clerk of Courts, Chief Judge Bertila Soto, Judge Jennifer Bailey, Judge Alexander Bokor, Judge Echarte, Judge Butchko and Judge Seraphin. I loved taking this project on from inception to completion and being the one responsible for every detail.
I had the opportunity to shoot the video in courtroom 6-1. Courtroom 6-1 was restored to its original 1926 splendor. The vibe in that courtroom was elegant and historic!
I would like to recognize all of the people that participated in this project, Jeffrey Davis, Michelle Samuelson, Eliott Rodriguez, Harvey Ruvin, Mike Henderson, Luis Montalvo, Eunice Sigler, Mike Cotter and the entire membership of ABOTA MIAMI for allowing me to contribute to my community. It was a pleasure and an honor to have made this video. To all of my trial participants, attorneys, witnesses and jurors – Thank you!
~ David Siqueiros
About Digital Pictures Corp
Digital Pictures is a full-service production company based in Miami Beach servicing an array of upscale clients who are accustomed to quality service and personal attention.
PR firms, corporations, entertainment programs, magazines and luxury brands turn to Digital Pictures for complete production services producing unique and compelling content.
Digital Pictures assists lawyers in preparing demonstrative aides for trial and has been hired multiple times by a variety of attorneys and municipalities to assist them prepare for trial. We provide pre trial mediation presentations, video depositions, forensic video analysis, surveillance, video format conversions and are experienced and equipped to attend and present video evidence in State and Federal Courts.
About Miami Dade Courtroom 6-1
Courtroom 6-1 is the most historic courtroom in Miami-Dade County. Once the home of the Criminal Court of Record for Dade County, it hosted nearly every felony case from 1928 until 1962. In 1930, Al “Scarface” Capone was tried in 6-1 (then known as courtroom 630) for perjury. Capone beat the rap, but soon found himself in Chicago facing tax evasion charges. The rest is history.
In February 1933, Guiseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin Roosevelt at Miami’s Bayfront Park. Zangara missed Roosevelt, but shot several other people, including Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago who later died from his wound. Zangara was brought before Judge E.C. Collins in courtroom 6-1 and pled guilty to four counts of attempted murder, including the one against Roosevelt. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison. Thereafter, Cermak died, and Zanagara again appeared in courtroom 6-1. This time, charged with murder, Zangara pled guilty and was sentenced to death by Judge Uly Thompson. He was executed a week and a half later. It was one of the swiftest legal executions in the 20th century.
