According to the FBI, crime rates in our region have held relatively steady over the past fifteen years. However, the lingering recession has resulted in an increase in corporate and government agency scrutiny of their financial performance, operating expenses, and the appropriateness of beneficiary payments. It is this oversight, not an increase in criminal activity,…

On October 17, 2008 the legislature enacted two related sentencing modifications. Under provision 42 Pa.C.S. § 9719.1 (2012), the Legislature enacted a mandatory minimum sentence of twenty years in jail for those persons convicted of the first degree felony against a police officer, under the specific statutory charge in 18 Pa.C.S. § 2702.1(a) (relating to…

On December 20, 2011, Governor Corbett signed into law SB 1183 (1857) as Act 111 of 2011 (Megan’s Law IV). The law makes extensive revisions to Pennsylvania’s classification and registration requirements of adult and juvenile sexual offenders. Juvenile registration responsibilities are now extensive and violation consequences severe. The revised classification and registration matrix can be…