June 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Juvenile Lifers Await Chance for Parole After US RulingIt's been six months since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that some 2,500 "juvenile lifers" could seek a chance at parole for their childhood crimes, but only a few aging inmates have walked out of prison.
By MaryClaire Dale, Associated Press
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April 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Rendell backs bills to pick judges by meritGov. Ed Rendell renewed his pitch for ending elections of statewide appellate judges and empowering the governor to appoint them based on recommendations from a public commission.
By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press Writer
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May 12, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
US court: 2nd Rigas trial may be double jeopardyGovernment efforts to try an imprisoned cable executive and his son a second time for overlapping charges may amount to double jeopardy, a divided U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday.
By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press Writer
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May 18, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Brace v. Shears, PICS Case No. 10-1758 (C.P. Pa. (Centre County) Apr. 2010) Lunsford, J. (5 pages).Defendants filed their preliminary objections to plaintiff's complaint, which alleged trespass and negligence as a result of defendants' installation of a fence. The court agreed with defendants and struck her claim for punitive damages and her claim for "further relief as the court deem[ed] just and proper."
By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press Writer
3 minute read
September 23, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
3rd Circuit sets Nov. 9 hearing in Mumia's sentenceA U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia will again review the death sentence of famed inmate Mumia Abu Jamal, on orders from the Supreme Court.
By By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press Writer
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April 12, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Lawyer: 5th taken at Pa. webcam spying depositionAn attorney says the technology coordinator of a suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on students through laptop webcams invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at a deposition.
By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press Writer
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April 24, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer
Grand Jury to Investigate Church Sex AbusePhiladelphia Archdiocese Calls Move Disappointing
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press
3 minute read
May 15, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Philly newspaper's Tierney leaving as CEO May 21Gov. Ed Rendell is vetoing a bill he says would hamper the state liquor store system's attempts to modernize its operations.
By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press Writer
3 minute read
April 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Insurer won't pay legal costs in Pa. webcam spyingAn insurance company is balking at paying legal costs for a suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on students through laptop webcams.
By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press Writer
4 minute read
April 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer
Philly newspapers go on auction block next weekPhiladelphia's two main daily newspapers go on the auction block next week as the publications' current owners and their creditors remain locked in a bitter dispute for control after more than a year in bankruptcy protection.
By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press Writer
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