Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams got out of a suit challenging a new state law that forbids convicts from causing “mental anguish” to victims by speaking about the crime, but Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane wasn’t let out.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Christopher Conner of the Middle District of Pennsylvania ruled on both Williams and Kane’s motions to dismiss on March 6 in the case brought by five prisoners and nonprofits involved with prisoner rights issues.
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