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...
SCI Greene inmates contacted several well-known civil rights lawyers before and during the department inquiry in a bid to persuade one to file a class-action lawsuit on their behalf over prison conditions. But the state’s discipline and personnel actions amid...
STATE COLLEGE — A judge has dropped a criminal-mischief citation against a Penn State student activist, citing a lack of evidence from the university police department. At an hourlong hearing Monday, District Judge Jonathan Grine dismissed the charge against...
The Pa. women are working to cripple the terrorist’s powers. Seven Bucks County women who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 attacks have filed a federal lawsuit against Osama bin Laden and his network of supporters. The women are determined to irreversibly cripple...
HELEN AND JOHN BURNS WILL GET AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT TO DROP CLAIM. A Philadelphia law firm Thursday announced the settlement of a suit charging four Upper Perk police officers with civil rights violations in the arrest of a Red Hill man. The firm Popper & Yatvin...
Prosecuting underage drinkers in Pennsylvania will be a little easier if Gov. Tom Ridge signs the legislation unanimously passed Monday in the state House of Representatives. Introduced last May by state Sen. Joe Conti (R-Bucks), the legislation would enable courts to...
