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After COVID Scare, Philly Begins Rapid Testing Incarcerated People Ahead of Courtroom Dates
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Krasner Deflects Blame for Suspect Going Free To Kill Brewerytown Man
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Police Need Warrant To Obtain WiFi Location Data, Privacy Activists Argue
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Chaos in Courts: ‘Keep Everyone in Jail and We’ll Sort It Out’
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Pa. Justices to Eye Warrant Requirement for Real-Time Cellphone Movement Data
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Never Give Up – Suburban Life Magazine, July 2020
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Frustrations Mount as Phila. Attorneys Face Limited Remote Access to Incarcerated Clients
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Right to a Speedy Trial? Constitutional Concerns Flare As Philly Courts Extend Shutdown
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Warrantless Search of Wi-Fi Network OK’d by Superior Court
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Relentless – Suburban Life Magazine, December 2019
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Chester Man Arrested for Cache of Drugs, Guns in U-Haul Unit
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Philadephia’s New DA Wants Prosecutors To Talk Cost of Incarceration While in Court
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Richland Woman Gets Up to 24 Years for Wrong-Way Killing in Hilltown
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PA Superior Court Overturns Conviction in Drag Racing Death
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Appeals Court Reverses Some Counts Against Drag Racer Who Killed 4 on Roosevelt Blvd
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Kevin Hart’s Extortion Scandal: What You Need To Know
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An Untold Part of Stop-and-Frisk: Underwear Searches
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Philadelphia Magazine
Tense Scenes in and Out of Court As Judge Orders Seth Williams’ Lawyer To Stay on the Case
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DA Seth Williams, in Federal Court, Pleads Not Guilty to Corruption Charges
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Why a Pittsburgh-Area Jury Is Considered Good for Bill Cosby
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Once Crooked Cop Now Witness for Those He Arrested
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Philadelphia Narcotics Officers Acquitted in Federal Corruption Trial
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Montco Will Not Deny Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
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Pa. County Would Issue Same-Sex Marriage License
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Search Goes On for Missing Delco Woman
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Search Continues for Missing Collingdale Woman
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Judge’s Advice to Deadlocked Jury in Philly Clergy Case Is Typical, Atypical
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Video of Pot Bust Spotlights Lapses by Police
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Philadelphia Man Enters Guilty Plea in Child Porn Case
Delco Times
Diamondstein Prevails for Young Man in Pre-Trial Hearing
Philadelphia Inquirer
Can Pennsylvania Bars be Charged for a Patron’s DUI?
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Superior Court: Defense Should Get Philadelphia Arrest Reports Sooner
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Prominent Attorneys Discuss the Art & Science of Criminal Defense
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Supplier of Steel for Submarines Charged With Fraud
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Company Charged With Selling Faulty Navy Sub Parts
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Bucks Firm Charged With Faking Test Data for Navy Contract
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Levittown Metal Company Charged in $1M Fraud Case
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Feds: He Sold Inferior Metals for Navy Subs
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Military Subcontractor Bristol Alloys Charged With Fraud
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Philadelphia Defense Attorneys Seek Earlier Discovery
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Justice Delayed, Dismissed, Denied
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9 women testify against NE man charged in 14 robberies
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Bail Reduced in Fatal I-95 Crash
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Death Sought in Pettis Murder
The Times Herald
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Second Suspect Surrenders to Cops in Upper Darby Double-Murder
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Charges Upgraded in Death of Worker
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