Courts & Law Spotlight PA Pennsylvania public defense system is unconstitutional, underfunded by at least $100M, new ACLU suit says The lawsuit argues the current system leaves too many cases for too few attorneys. 10 months ago
Courts & Law Danielle Ohl, Ed Mahon, Spotlight PA Opioid settlement cash a boon to Pa. prosecutors but public defenders are being turned away County district attorneys are in line for millions of dollars, but under-resourced public defenders say they’ve been sidelined. 12 months ago
Courts & Law 3 retired Philadelphia detectives to stand trial in perjury case stemming from 2016 exoneration Martin Devlin, Manuel Santiago and Frank Jastrzembski are accused of lying under oath at the 2016 retrial of a man the jury exonerated in a 1991 rape and murder. 1 year ago