On March 12, 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the law firm of Arnold & Porter filed a lawsuit demanding an end to illegal bail practices in Philadelphia. The suit...
Applying existing case law, the Superior Court ruled that probation could not be revoked for nonpayment of restitution unless the court first considers the defendant’s ability to pay and finds that the...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that an individual may not rely on a prior bankruptcy decision to eliminate the obligation to pay restitution that is later imposed by a criminal court at sentencing....
On November 13, 2018, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the ACLU Voting Rights Project, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and cooperating counsel filed a constitutional challenge against...