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Judge rejects charge against PSU activist

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...

Widows file suit against bin Laden

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...

UPPER PERK POLICE SETTLE CIVIL SUIT BY RED HILL FAMILY

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...

Underage drinkers target of Conti bill

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...

The writing on the wall

Although an extensive debate between Penn State Judicial Affairs and Olivia Guevara ended last week, the motives behind her prosecution are still being questioned. Over the past five months, Guevara, a graduate student in the department of labor, has repeatedly...

Judicial Affairs – A Report of Observation, Debate, and Dissent

Executive Summary In recent months the Office of Judicial Affairs has encountered much criticism. The concern has been focused on the handling of specific cases, in particular, and the methodology of how student conduct cases are handled in general. On September 20,...
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