From U.S. Supreme Court Blog Ventris was charged with murder and other crimes. The state planted another defendant in his cell as a “human listening device,” even though Ventris’ right to counsel had attached. Predictably, Ventris made incriminating...
A pre-trial hearing for a Penn State student charged with felony riot was postponed Friday as his attorney plans to file motions questioning the way police handled the case. The student’s attorney, Andrew Shubin, said there are no “contemporaneous reports...
A Collegian photographer’s lawyer served a motion to make a First Amendment case against his charges. A motion served Wednesday formally spells out why attorney Andrew Shubin believes the prosecution of Collegian photographer Michael Felletter violates the First...
Criminal charges filed against a Penn State graduate student accused of damaging several university buildings with chalked anti-sweatshop messages were dropped yesterday afternoon. Centre County District Judge Jonathan Grine cited lack of evidence as a reason for...
The US Army soldier featured in the torture pictures that shamed America has a track record of violence, it was claimed last night. Charles Graner once worked as a guard at a US prison where inmates were humiliated – and is also said to have launched terrifying...
Jun. 29, 2006 –The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Pennsylvania prison policy yesterday, saying that officials have the legal authority to keep mainstream newspapers and magazines from the most incorrigible inmates. In a 6-2 ruling, the high court accepted the...
