Steven Fairlie of Fairlie & Lippy, P.C. in North Wales, Pennsylvania, was recently interviewed for a Penn State study about the death penalty. An excerpt follows: 1.) What is your position concerning the death penalty? Are you for or against it? I am against the death penalty. It is my belief that Pennsylvania spends a […]
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Pennsylvania DUI Laws – What You Don’t Know Can Really Hurt You!
Did you know that it is illegal to drive to a bar, have four or five drinks, hand your keys over to a designated driver, and have that person drive you home? That constitutes a Pennsylvania DUI. If those facts are proven there is very little chance that a Pennsylvania DUI Lawyer could win in […]
Pennsylvania District Attorneys Can’t Use Silence Against Defendant
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has just reversed the case of Commonwealth v. Molina on the grounds that a District Attorney may not mention a defendant’s silence to the jury. In this case, the prosecutor argued to the jury that the defendant gave contradictory statements, but then refused to cooperate when he was asked to come […]
Will Pennsylvania or the United States Supreme Court Require More Stringent Safeguards in Eyewitness Identification Cases?
The issue of eyewitness identification has been a hot topic in Pennsylvania’s legal community lately. New Jersey’s Supreme Court recently ruled that several changes need to be made to their eyewitness identification procedures to ensure that innocent individuals are not wrongly convicted. Three quarters of the individuals who have been exonerated by DNA evidence were […]
Is There Any Privacy In Your Cell Phone?
Many people do not know that cell phone companies retain data which can provide law enforcement with the location of a cell phone at the time of every call made from it. In September, thirty-five affiliates of the ACLU sent 381 requests to local law enforcement agencies to find out when, why, and how cell […]
