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HARRISBURG- On Nov. 2, voters statewide will have the opportunity to choose a new justice for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, as well as judges for two other powerful appellate courts. The decisions handed down by the Commonwealth, Superior, and Supreme Courts impact everyday Pennsylvanians "probably more so than a legislator," said Deborah Gross, president of...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. HARRISBURG- On Nov. 2, voters statewide will have the opportunity to choose a new justice for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, as well as judges for two other...

The seven justices who reversed Bill Cosby’s conviction this week spent months debating whether he had a secret agreement with a prosecutor that tainted his 2018 criminal sexual assault conviction. In the end, Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled that a district attorney had induced Cosby to give incriminating testimony in 2005 for a lawsuit, with the promise that no criminal charges would be filed. Then, a decade later, another prosecutor used it against him — a fundamental violation of hi...

Maryclaire Dale Bill Cosby leaves his home alongside spokesperson Andrew Wyatt Thursday, July 1, 2021 in Elkins Park, Pa. Cosby was released from prison Wednesday after his 2018 sexual assault conviction was overturned. (Joe Lamberti/Camden Courier-Post via AP) July 01, 2021 - 5:30 PM PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The seven justices who reversed Bill Cosby’s conviction this week spent months debating whether he had a secret agreement with a prosecutor that tainted hi...

Updated Hard lessons for lawyers in Cosby case; tougher for victims PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The seven justices who reversed Bill Cosby’s conviction this week spent months debating whether he had a secret agreement with a prosecutor that tainted his 2018 criminal sexual assault conviction. In the end, Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled that a district attorney had induced Cosby to give incriminat...

“It probably would have been much better lawyering to get it all in writing,” Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson, a former prosecutor, said of the hidden deal in the Cosby case. “It’s a teachable moment, I think, for prosecutors across the nation. It’s a big lesson.” Levenson, too, fears the quick takeaway is that “another celebrity gets away with a crime.” More deeply, she said, the case illustrates the need for legal agreements that are “open, fair and transparent.�...

Hard lessons for lawyers in Cosby case; tougher for victims Poll Yes PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The seven justices who reversed Bill Cosby’s conviction this week spent months debating whether he had a secret agreement with a prosecutor that tainted his 2018 criminal sexual assault conviction. In the end, Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled that a district attorney had induced Cosby to give incriminating testimony in 2005 for a lawsuit, with the promise that no criminal charges would be filed. T...

Saylor -- im sorry, justice thomas saylor said of a press release that you sent out in february of 2005, he said i respectfully disagree with the press release that contained in an unconditional promise that the commonwealth would not constitute perpetuity. the majority of the supreme court thought that there was at least an inherent promise in your decision not to charge cosby. so did they get it wrong? >> no john, you are not using the words correctly. i promised on behalf of the commonwealth ...

Updated: 11:52 PM EDT May 18, 2021 Credit: WNEP Patricia McCullough with 35.35% 251,953 votes. Paula Patrick with 13.49% 96,157 votes. Last updated May 18, 2021, 11:47 p.m. Check back for updates. Kevin Brobson, from Montoursville, is the President Judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. He was first elected in 2009 and won retention to the bench in 2019. Brobson graduated from Lycoming College in 1992 and Widener Law in 1995. He was an attorney in the Harrisburg area befo...

pray@altoonamirror.com A Huntingdon County resident who was injured nearly eight years ago in a fall in the parking lot of the county’s Chestnut Terrace housing complex will finally get her day in court as the result of a decision Wednesday by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Sharon Wise, who resided in the Chestnut Terrace complex owned by the Huntingdon County Housing Authority, was walking with her sister on the night of May 9, 2013, when she “rolled her ankle” on the edge of the sidewa...