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Retail Theft Crime Is Up in Pennsylvania, Spurring Aggressive Prosecution

Pennsylvania is experiencing a significant surge in retail theft, with offenses hitting a five-year high. This increasing trend matters for defendants because both prosecutors and retailers are responding with more Read More

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Blocks Cities from Establishing Anti-Gun Ordinances

Given Pennsylvania’s size and political diversity, it is no surprise that residents from different parts of the state have contrasting views on gun laws. In some municipalities where there is Read More

New Pennsylvania Law Increases Penalties for “License Plate Flipping”

Over the last decade or so, toll roads in Pennsylvania and around the country have been transformed. In many places, overhead electronic scanners have replaced long rows of toll booths Read More

PA Woman Charged with DUI Homicide After Crash While Using Automated Driver System

Automobile technology has improved at a rapid rate over the past generation. Backup cameras, blind-spot indicators and notifications when a vehicle drifts out of its lane are now the norm Read More

New Pennsylvania Distracted Driving Law Goes Into Effect

Around the country, states have instituted various measures designed to reduce the incidence of distracted driving, which is said to cause more than 3,000 deaths a year nationwide. After an Read More

PA Supreme Court Examining Mandatory Life Sentence Rule for Felony Murder

While the criminal justice system is generally designed to punish people for their willful acts, more than 1,000 Pennsylvanians are serving mandatory life sentences though prosecutors never proved that they Read More

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reviewing Whether Keyword Search Privacy Is Protected Under the State Constitution

Most people cannot go through a day without performing at least one search on Google some other search engine. For years, police investigators have searched the phones and computers of Read More

New Pennsylvania Probation Law Seeks to Reduce Instances of Reincarceration for Technical Violations

Probation is intended to benefit individuals who have been convicted of crimes, as well as states seeking to utilize their limited resources more efficiently. When someone completes their sentence outside Read More

Updated Clean Slate Law Means that More Criminal Records Can Be Sealed

Since it took effect in 2018, Pennsylvania's Clean Slate Law has given numerous state residents the ability to put a past mistake behind them. A significant step forward in criminal Read More

State Institutes Tougher Penalties for Thefts of Home Deliveries

With so much commerce shifting toward home delivery services such as Amazon, there has been a corresponding rise in theft from packages left outside the front doors of intended recipients. Read More

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