A jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found KRMF client Joshua Glenn not guilty of all charges in a verdict announced on Thursday, February 14, 2013. Â Mr. Glenn had been charged in relation to an October 23, 2008 shooting incident in West Philadelphia which left one complainant with a gun shot wound in […]
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In a suit filed Wednesday, January 16, KRMF has joined with lawyers from the ACLU of Pennsylvania to challenge the practices of the Philadelphia Police Department concerning the treatment of citizens who observe and make video or audio recordings of police in the performance of their duties. The suit, filed on behalf of photojournalism student
Due to steady increases in the population of inmates in the Philadelphia Prison System, KRMF lawyers and their co-counsel have asked a federal court to reinstate a 2008 class action lawsuit concerning serious overcrowding conditions in the System. Â On December 3, 2012, Judge R. Barclay Surrick of the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia granted that
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On Thursday, November 15, 2012, a jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania awarded KRMF client Darryl Williams $350,000. Â The jury’s award — which included $200,000 in compensatory damages and $150,000 in punitive damages — was based on its finding that two Philadelphia police officers had falsely arrested and
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The recent television and print media coverage of the viral video depicting Philadelphia Police Officer William Gress using extraordinary force against a civilian highlights a critical point concerning the lack of discipline for officers in the Philadelphia Police Department with histories of misconduct.  Our firm has brought at least four separate lawsuits against Officer Gress (see below
In closely watched case, the Honorable William H. Yohn, Jr., has issued an Opinion granting the motion for preliminary injunction filed by Paul Messing on behalf of Chosen 300 Ministries, Inc, and other religious organizations seeking to prevent the City of Philadelphia from enforcing a regulation that would prohibit them from providing free meals to
In a detailed Opinion and Order, the Honorable Jan E. DuBois has granted the motion of Jonathan Feinberg’s client, Domingo Mercado, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.  Finding that Mr. Mercado’s trial lawyer did not object to inadmissible testimony from a law enforcement agent, the Court vacated Mr. Mercado’s conviction and five-year sentence.  Thereafter, the Court
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