Veteran Miami prosecutor quits after judge's rebuke over conjugal visits for jailhouse informants
by Joshua Goodman
Mar 09, 2024
3 minutes
A veteran prosecutor in Miami has resigned after a judge found that state investigators manipulated witnesses, including possibly providing conjugal visits to jailhouse informants in exchange for their testimony, in a high-profile death penalty case against a notorious gang leader.
During his career Michael Von Zamft has led some of the biggest murder, conspiracy and racketeering cases in the Florida state attorney’s office in Miami and at times served as a trainer and supervisor to younger prosecutors.
He resigned this week following a stunning
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