As exonerations become more commonplace and organizations whose sole purpose is to collaterally attack wrongful convictions proliferate, there continues to be a mechanism in the law in most states th
...murder is subject to mandatory life in prison without the opportunity for parole. After Batts' conviction, his lawyers argued to the Pennsylvania Superior...
...their representatives, would be allowed to appear before the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole when their offenders are up for parole under legislation HB...
...PAROLE A measure, HB 492, that would allow victims, or their representatives, to appear before the Pennsylvania Board of Probation...
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that challenges the constitutionality of collecting DNA samples from individuals charged with a crime
...on drug and firearm charges. The same day, respondent Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole arrested Fisher for parole violations. The state charges...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1962). In Gideon, the high court unanimously ruled that state courts are required
...F. Susko, president of the Pennsylvania IOLTA (Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts) Board and of White and Williams in Philadelphia, said that there are a...
A Philadelphia jury convicted a priest and a former parochial school teacher of sexually abusing the same middle-school student in separate incidents in what has been Philadelphia's first prosecution
Both sides agree: D.G. is a damaged soul. But as the latest criminal prosecution related to the Philadelphia Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal went to the jury Friday for deliberation, the prosecutio
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