In Commonwealth v. Robert Cooper, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, with a three-member panel comprised of Judges Donohue, Allen and Fitzgerald, held that a police officer may not conduct a pat-down search of a person who reaches toward his pocket upon the officer’s approach when that person obeys the officer’s directive to stop before reaching […]
Commonwealth v. McCoy: If a Tree Falls in the Woods…
I just read a fairly recent opinion authored by Justice Castille, wherein the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that 18 Pa.C.S. Sec. 2707.1 (Discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure) does not include a situation where someone discharges a firearm while inside an occupied structure. In Commonwealth v. McCoy, 962 A.2d 1160 (Pa. 2009), the […]
Mayor Nutter Plans for Criminal Rehabilitation
Thanks to a private donation by the James L. Knight Foundation, Mayor Nutter announced this week plans to start a program known as the Managed Reintegration Network (MRN). The MRN hopes to give 400 to 500 ex-offenders a year a chance to get basic work experience so that they can gain meaningful employment after they […]
An Argument Against Capital Punishment
On February 1st, 2009, New Jersey Senator Raymond Lesniak gave a speech concerning New Jersey’s choice to eliminate capital punishment. In this speech Senator Lesniak questions the effectiveness of capital punishment in deterring violent crime. Senator Lesniak’s stance that capital punishment doesn’t deter crime demonstrates a problem with capital punishment. To read the entire speech, […]
New Survey of Doctors Reveals Possible Excessive Force
A new study reveals that 98% of doctors who treat recently arrested suspects for injuries believe excessive force was the cause of the injuries, and 65% of the doctors surveyed say they suspected two or more cases of excessive force per year. Those who are critical of the survey point out that the doctors surveyed […]
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