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In the second part of a two part series on the death penalty,  Steve Fairlie discusses how the cost of seeking the death penalty far outweighs the value.  Follow this link to review the entire article.

As a prosecutor in the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Steve Fairlie successfully litigated a death penalty case.  Now, as a prominent defense attorney, he successfully defends them.  Follow this link to an article showcasing Mr. Fairlie in a video explaining what it takes to pursue and defend a death penalty case.  This article further […]

Pennsylvania Senator Stewart Greenleaf has proposed new legislation to lengthen the time for filing appeals where there is proof of actual innocence. His position is that no one can argue with giving a potentially innocent person his day in court. Numerous cases involving convictions of the innocent for heinous criminal offenses have swayed public opinion […]

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that a dying declaration of the victim of a gunshot wound, identifying the shooter, is admissible. The High Court ruled in a 6-2 decision that despite the fact that five different officers interrogated the man, his statements were not testimonial in nature and instead were elicited in an […]

The medical community has long accepted, and in fact testified, that the presence of certain symptoms are indicative of a baby that has been violently shaken, and that the shaking must have taken place within a short period of time just prior to the onset of the symptoms. Now doctors who have testified to that […]