PITTSBURGH - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit today against the City of Pittsburgh and one of its police officers on behalf of a man who received a disorderly conduct citation for using his middle finger in an expressive manner.
HARRISBURG- One week after a New Jersey state commission recommended abolition of the death penalty, a poll released today establishes that more Pennsylvanians prefer long sentences of incarceration rather than the death penalty as the punishment for even the worst murders.
PITTSBURGH - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Police Chief Nate Harper alleging that they demoted the Department's most senior Commander in retaliation for her divulging information to Pittsb
PITTSBURGH - The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit today in federal court on behalf of a former New Brighton Area School District student because the school district punished him for a single, spontaneous remark he made to a friend in response to repeated teasing that the district had failed t
GETTYSBURG, PA-The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit today against the Borough of Gettysburg on behalf of a man who was arrested for holding a pro-choice sign on a public sidewalk without first getting a municipal permit.