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Former Pa. Justice Joan Orie Melvin receives house arrest, probation during corruption sentencing
Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, who was convicted on public corruption charges in February, was sentenced on Tuesday to house arrest followed by probation, according to court records and Pittsburgh media. The disgraced jurist learned her fate … Read More
Sheriff arrested for threatening to cut off and eat hands of campaign worker; Also charged with pulling gun on journalist
A Pennsylvania law enforcement officer is finding himself on the other side of the law after being arrested by state agents for allegedly threatening to cut off and eat the hands of a campaign worker and for pulling a gun … Read More
Judge rejects argument that prosecution of suspended Justice Orie Melvin would violate separation of powers, allows trial to go on
A judge in western Pennsylvania has shot down an argument by suspended state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin’s legal team, ruling that the jurist can indeed face criminal charges on allegations that she used judicial staff for campaign work. … Read More
Pa. to receive half-million dollars from national drug co. settlement
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office on Nov. 15 announced that the commonwealth will receive more than a half-million dollars as part of a $95 million national settlement against a Connecticut-based pharmaceutical company. The settlement resolves off-label marketing allegations against Boehringer … Read More
Pa. Court of Judicial Discipline suspends Justice Orie Melvin without pay
The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline has granted a request by the Judicial Conduct Board to suspend state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin without pay pending her criminal trial on corruption charges. Orie Melvin, who stands accused of using … Read More
‘Merit selection’ proposal tabled yet again by state House Judiciary Committee
For the second time in two months, a legislative panel in Harrisburg postponed a preliminary vote on a bill that would pave the way toward changing how appellate judges are selected in the commonwealth. Pennsylvania’s House Judiciary Committee on June … Read More
Pa. couple sues township over ‘unconstitutional’ ordinance regulating political signs on private property
A Chester County, Pa. couple is suing their home municipality and the township’s zoning officer in federal court, contending a local ordinance that limits the number of political signs they can display on their property is unconstitutional.
Commonwealth Court: certain natural gas pipeline records not public
A state appellate court panel reviewing an appeal from a journalist who sought certain records from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has determined that records relating to the safety of natural gas pipelines are not public.
Pa. lawmaker unveils judicial merit selection bills, seeks to move away from elected judiciary
When two Luzerne County judges were sent to prison last year for a combined total of nearly five decades stemming from their respective roles in a judicial scandal that came to be known as “Kids for Cash,” some observers lost … Read More
Quaker City courts have troubled history; some reject ‘plaintiff-friendly’ criticism
Pennsylvania is known as the Quaker State and Philadelphia as the Quaker City because both were founded by William Penn, who was a member of the Society of Friends – also called Quakers.