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Berks County District Attorney John Adams Endorses James Gavin for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
Feb 24, 2021 12:48 PM ET Legal Newswire POWERED BY LAW.COM
After more than thirty-two years of legal and trial experience, James Gavin is running for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County because
Integrity & Experience Matter. In a testament to Gavin s integrity and experience, Berks County District Attorney John Adams is endorsing his candidacy. Your experience in many areas of the law is exemplary and as a result, you will have the knowledge and the experience to handle varied judicial assignments, stated District Attorney John Adams in a letter to Gavin.
Pennsylvania’s Superior and Commonwealth Courts both play a unique role in the state court system.
Both Courts work to determine if errors were made at the trial court level, but handle different types of cases.
Their judges both serve a 10-year term, up to age 75.
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Gov. Wolf proposes paying anyone wrongly convicted $50K for every year spent in prison
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Posted Feb 12, 2021
Larry Trent Roberts leaves Dauphin County Prison in 2019 after a jury finds him not guilty of a 2005 Harrisgurg homicide for which he d already served 13 years in prison.
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Tucked into Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2021-22 budget plan is a proposal for Pennsylvania to pay people who were wrongly convicted $50,000 for each year that they were held behind bars.
Under Wolf’s plan, the funds would go to exonerees who have had convictions overturned on the grounds that they were innocent of the crime accused. The new program could apply, for example, to inmates who have seen convictions overturned and subsequently had charges dropped, or those who were acquitted in a new trial.
Developer Abe Atiyeh’s battle for Bethlehem psych hospital dealt legal win
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Developer Abe Atiyeh’s quest to develop a 5-acre property at Center Street and Dewberry Avenue in Bethlehem was dealt a legal win in Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court.
Atiyeh pitched an 80-bed psychiatric hospital on the property by Bethlehem Catholic High School. But the city zoning officer denied the application on the grounds that Atiyeh’s proposed development was actually a treatment center, not a hospital. Treatment centers are not legal uses in the city’s institutional zoning district.
Atiyeh then appealed the county court ruling to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, which just ruled in his favor. The court agreed with Atiyeh’s argument that the zoning hearing board was too strict in its interpretation of the zoning ordinance and it did not consider relevant evidence outside of the initial application.