The Pennsylvania Supreme Court fiddles while Centre County burns A political opinion piece by Justin J. McShane The honor and the integrity of the Pennsylvania judiciary has perhaps rightly been called into question with the Cash for Kids scandal (2008), Joan Orie Melvin (2012), Seamus P. McCaffery (2014), and the Philadelphia traffic court scandal and…
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Driving while medicated is the next big law enforcement push
Reports across the country show the cops are gearing up for the next big push: “Drugged-Driving”. Drugged-driving, sometimes referred to as DUI-Drugs (DUID), is when someone drives under the influence of either illicit or legal prescription drugs that are deemed to cause impairment. Some of the most common prescription drugs people are being arrested for…
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Cop jump defendant in courthouse- injure public defender
If you heard that a group of six men beat up a defendant in a courthouse, you would probably think they were rival gang members or other criminals. Nope. Sorry. It was the police: Cop’s scuffle with suspect leaves attorney injured MORE THAN a half-dozen Philadelphia police officers jumped and beat an agitated defendant in…
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Judge Grine sued all of us….. and lost
I titled this “Judge Grine sued all of us….. and lost” because when Judge Grine of Center County sued TC Tanski and The McShane Firm, LLC in a purely self-serving attempt to curb public speech and debate over his actions as a public figure, he in reality was attacking us all. All members of the…
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FBI “experts” help convict a man using hair analysis, Except the hair was from a dog
This is abhorrent- a travesty of justice. For decades, FBI hair analysis “experts” gave FALSE testimony in court to help their prosecution buddies: The Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence against criminal…
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