Keith Srakocic
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AP
A federal judge denied defendant Robert Bowers' request to stop jurors from hearing evidence about statements he's alleged to have made after the 2018 attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. Eleven worshippers were killed in the shooting.
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Advocates for Marsy’s Law, a sweeping, long-stalled amendment that would have enshrined certain rights for crime victims in Pennsylvania’s constitution, say they’re regrouping after the state Supreme Court formally threw the measure out. -
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court says the smell of marijuana can be a factor police use to justify a search without a warrant but can’t be the sole basis for it.
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Even PNC Bank’s resources haven’t cured all that ails two affordable McKeesport apartment properties, but 2022 may see major efforts there, plus new rental-housing quality initiatives by Pittsburgh and Allegheny County government.
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Centre County Judge Brian Marshall gave the university and the Beta Theta Pi fraternity’s national chapter six months to negotiate a deal, the Centre Daily Times reported Thursday.
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The state Supreme Court is just now releasing its rationale for why it ruled that Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration had no legal authority to require masks in Pennsylvania’s schools and child care centers, even amid a pandemic and surging cases of COVID-19.
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Jim Rogers died in October, one day after Pittsburgh police shocked him with a Taser. Now some experts in police procedure say the officers had no justification for using a Taser against Rogers in the first place.
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Activists say the city still needs to release autopsy results and the names of the officers involved.
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Pennsylvania’s highest court is putting a final nail into the coffin of a proposed victims’ rights constitutional amendment that state voters supported by a large margin more than two years ago but which has never gone into effect.
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Pittsburgh Police officials say the bureau is implementing a list of policy changes as a result of the October death of Jim Rogers, and eight officers will face disciplinary action.
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Pennsylvania’s highest court is putting a final nail into the coffin of a proposed victims’ rights constitutional amendment that state voters supported by a large margin more than two years ago but has never gone into effect.
