In a case of first impression, the Pennsylvania Superior Court holds that a forged United States Postal Service money order is properly graded as a felony of the second degree under the forgery statute, 18 Pa.C.S. Sec. 4101. A felony of the second degree in Pennsylvania carries a maximum possible term of incarceration of ten […]
United States Supreme Court Denies Certiorari for Mumia Abu-Jamal
In denying certiorari for more than 2,000 cases today, the United States Supreme Court keeps Mumia Abu-Jamal from its caseload. Abu-Jamal’s death sentence was recently overturned by a federal court in Philadelphia because of a bad jury instruction, and he was seeking a new trial in his petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. To view […]
O.J. Simpson Conviction Feels like Payback for Some
This past Friday’s conviction of O.J. Simpson in his trial for armed robbery seems to have been overshadowed by attention to the economy, the presidential election and Major League Baseball post-season playoffs. However, that overshadowing neither diminishes public opinion about the case, nor does it reduce the satisfaction it gives to families of Nicole Brown-Simpson […]
Safe Surrender Begins in Philadelphia Today
Fugitive Safe Surrender began this morning at the True Gospel Tabernacle Church at 16th & Mifflin Streets. The program is set to run from Wednesday, September 17, 2008 to Sunday, September 20, 2008. Individuals with arrest and bench warrants can turn themselves in from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on those days. The program is […]
PA’s Ethnic Intimidation Law Struck Down
The Pennsylvania Superme Court has affirmed and adopted the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court’s 2007 decision in Marcavage v. Rendell, striking down Pennsylvania’s Ethnic Intimidation Law, 18 Pa.C.S. 2710. The ethnic intimidation law was struck down as a violation of Article III, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which requires that “[n]o law shall be passed except […]
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