In June 2010 Cuban Five defense lawyer Leonard Weinglass was preparing to file a new round of appeals that would include evidence of U.S. government payments to journalists who later authored negative articles before and during the original trial of the Cuban Five. Weinglass died on March 23, 2011. Following the death of Leonard Weinglass, civil rights lawyer Martin Garbus took over the case. On June 13, 2012, Martin Garbus held a press conference where he revealed a new strategy based upon proof that the United States government had paid numerous reporters and press outlets to create media pressure on the jurors to convict.