Posts in 2017

In October, Governor Wolf signed a new bill into law that makes non-lethal choking a form of assault. Prior to th...

In 2012, Congress passed the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), which added a series of crimes to the lis...

Every year, thousands of families place their trust in the staff and managers of nursing homes and assisted living facilities t...

Criminal trials can be emotionally and financially grueling. For this reason, some defendants choose to accept plea bargains offered by prosecutor...

In October, the Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill that if passed, would enable more expansive use of police body cameras, whil...

Multiple train crashes in the last decade have left thousands of Pennsylvania residents gravely injured or grieving for the loss o...

In many ways, smart phones have significantly simplified our lives. For instance, it has become standard practice to check email, pa...

In October, Pennsylvania’s Appropriations Committee amended and re-reported a bill that was originally introduced in March 2015. If passed, Senate Bil...

Josh Shapiro, a candidate for the position of attorney general and currently chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquenc...

The severity of a car crash victim’s injuries depends on a number of factors, including how fast the cars were travelin...