Matthew T Mangino

July 17, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Eric Clark heard voices. The voices were so loud that the 17 year old would drive around all night with his car stereo blasting. Clark is a paranoid schizophrenic. On June 21, 2000 he shot a police officer under the mistaken belief that the officer was a

By Matthew T. Mangino

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March 09, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Last month the U.S. Supreme Court further restricted the use of the exclusionary rule as a remedy for state conduct violating the Fourth Amendment.

By Matthew T. Mangino

7 minute read

November 12, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

The tenuous balance between a judge's discretion and the weight to be given sentence guidelines is about to take yet another turn. The U.S. Supreme Court opened its current term with two cases that involve federal district judges being overturned after de

By Matthew T. Mangino

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May 14, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

The latest challenge to the death penalty may seem a bit odd, but it is nothing new. Condemned inmates across the country are not focusing on the constitutionality of capital punishment. Instead, offenders are attacking lethal injection, the manner in whi

By Matthew T. Mangino

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September 13, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

Megan's Law is failing Pennsylvania's families. Setting aside the fact that Megan's Law has been struck down twice by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the law, when working, has alerted the public of only a handful of sexually violent predators. ...

By Matthew T. Mangino Special to the Law Weekly

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November 16, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Last month, Gov. Edward G. Rendell signed into law a prison reform bill. In part, Act 95 of 2010, formerly known as Senate Bill 1161, directs the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing to develop a risk assessment instrument for use by judges in sentencing criminal offenders.

By Matthew T. Mangino

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February 12, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Mike Nifong, the district attorney of Durham County, North Carolina and Duke lacrosse fame, will soon take his place among immortals like Niccolo Machiavelli, Franz Kafka, Karl Marx and George Orwell.

By Matthew T. Mangino

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August 04, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down a Louisiana law that authorized the death penalty for the rape of a child under the age of 12. The decision was surprising not so much for the outcome, but for the reasoning utilized by the court.

By Matthew T. Mangino

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March 09, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two recent decisions that affect the rights of suspected offenders pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).

By Matthew T. Mangino

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