The Pennsylvania Superior Court has reversed an Order of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas that rejected Robert Conway’s attempt to test evidence from his 1987 Murder Conviction for DNA. Steven Fairlie, along with Craig Cooley of the Innonence Project, represented Mr. Conway in a Petition for post-conviction DNA testing of certain evidence from […]
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Jeffrey Leinheiser, Convicted of Third Degree Murder, Warns of Dangers of Robotripping
We represent Jeffrey Leinheiser, the Jenkintown teenager who was convicted of Third Degree Murder for shooting his girlfriend’s abusive father in the head while he slept in his apartment. Jeffrey was high on Robitussin DM, which contains an active ingredient commonly referred to as DXM. Ingesting large quantities of DXM is known as “robotripping.” Robotripping can […]
Why does Pennsylvania still have the death penalty?
We have litigated death penalty cases from both sides of the fence, prosecution and defense, and therefore feel uniquely qualified to tell you the obvious. It is a tremendous waste of time. Last week Governor Rendell signed three more execution warrants – the step to have those who have been sentenced to death actually put […]
The Execution of the Sniper Raises Fundamental Questions about the Death Penalty
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Today, November 10, 2009, the Northern Virginia Sniper, John Allen Muhammad, is scheduled for execution by lethal injection for the morbid, malicious murders he committed in the Northern Virginia area in 2002. No one disputes that he committed serious, devastating crimes that affected many innocent […]
