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What Is the Pennsylvania Sexual Offenders Assessment Board?

Along with incarceration and other common forms of criminal punishment, Pennsylvanians who are convicted of certain sex crimes also undergo a review that can have additional serious ramifications. In these 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

Pennsylvania Training Police to Take Blood Samples of DUI Suspects

For decades, law enforcement agencies around the country have used various methods in their efforts to reduce the incidence of drunk and drug-impaired driving. While it’s important to make highways 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

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Seek to Protect Medical Cannabis Users from Unwarranted DUI Charges

Pennsylvania’s legislative bodies have passed bills designed to help medical marijuana users avoid charges of driving under the influence when there is no evidence that their ability to operate a Read More

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