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PITTSBURGH – The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has filed an amended complaint against the Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board updating a previously filed lawsuit alleging multiple persistent violations of the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act.
PHILADELPHIA - In a new filing in federal court, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has accused the Central Bucks School District administration and their specially retained lawyers of misleading the public and even lying about facts in a report released last spring.
PITTSBURGH — Today, the jury deciding the fate of the man found guilty of killing 11 Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue building imposed the death sentence.
HARRISBURG, Pa. - As proposed legislative changes to Pennsylvania’s probation system move quickly through the General Assembly, several criminal legal reform advocates spoke out today in opposition to the bill, warning that the revisions will make things harder for many people on probation.
The ACLU of Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a U.S. Air Force veteran to challenge policies in the county courts in Berks County that prohibit individuals from participating in treatment court programs as long as as they use medical marijuana to treat their serious medical conditions.
PITTSBURGH - "Like so many of the district attorney contests across the country, the race between Stephen Zappala and Matt Dugan came down to competing visions about how prosecutors choose to navigate and how they might work to reform the criminal legal system."