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KRMF Wrongful Arrest Case Involving Seven Months of Incarceration Settled During Trial

KRMF partner Paul Messing reached a substantial settlement on Dec. 22 on behalf of client Philip Sudler, bringing resolution to Mr. Sudler’s civil rights claims against two officers of the West Chester Police Department.  As detailed in press coverage of the settlement, Mr. Sudler spent seven months in jail on accusations that he had attempted to commit a […]

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Unlawful Arrest for Videoing of Collingdale Police Leads to Civil Rights Suit

KRMF has filed a federal civil rights suit against the Borough of Collingdale and two of its police officers for inexplicably arresting on February 22, 2014 two women whose “offense” was to merely video police officers in the performance of their duties. As described in a television news report on NBC Philadelphia, the incident started with the report

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KRMF and ACLU File Another Lawsuit Involving Citizens’ Rights to Record Police

KRMF has co-counseled with the ACLU of Pennsylvania in yet another lawsuit concerning the Philadelphia Police Department’s failure to ensure that its officers are aware that private citizens have a constitutional right to observe and record police in the performance of their duties.  In this, the fifth in a running series of cases, the Complaint alleges

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KRMF and ACLU File New Challenge to Philadelphia Police Arrests for Cell Phone Video Recording

Initiating the latest edition in a series of cases involving the practice of Philadelphia police officers to arrest citizens who video or record police in the performance of their duties, KRMF partner Jonathan Feinberg along with lawyers from the ACLU of Pennsylvania and Langer, Grogan & Diver have filed suit on behalf of Temple University student, Richard Fields.  As explained

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Charges Against Exonerated KRMF Clients Dismissed

As reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer, just one year after the start of post-conviction proceedings that led to the grant of a new trial and release from prison for KRMF clients Eugene Gilyard and Lance Felder (in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project) on a murder conviction for a 1995 killing in Philadelphia, the District Attorney announced

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Third Circuit Victory for DNA Exoneree and KRMF Client Byron Halsey Clears Way For Civil Rights Claims Seeking Compensation For Twenty-Two-Year Unlawful Incarceration

In a strong and precedent setting opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that the allegations of Byron Halsey that police detectives falsified a confession that led to his conviction for rape and murder and 22 years of incarceration before he was fully exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing violated his rights

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Ruling in Capital Case May Result in KRMF Client’s Removal From Death Row

As the result of a Lebanon County judge’s ruling on April 17, and as reported in local media, a death row inmate represented by Jules Epstein is likely headed toward a resolution of his appeals which will prevent his execution.  After hearing psychological testimony, and without opposition from the prosecution, President Judge John Tylwalk ruled that Freeman

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Third Circuit Issues Path-Breaking Immigration Law Decision In Case Co-Counseled By ACLU and KRMF

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an important decision on March 4 on a previously undecided issue: whether a local government can be held accountable for agreeing to hold someone in prison custody at the request of immigration officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The case was brought by Ernesto

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Exonerated Murder Defendants Eugene Gilyard and Lance Felder to be Released from Custody

KRMF clients Eugene Gilyard and Lance Felder, who were granted new trials on October 8, were ordered released on bail today.  As noted earlier, Gilyard and Felder, have been incarcerated for 15 years for a murder they did not commit.  After Common Pleas Judge Rose Marie Defino-Nastasi ordered that they receive a new trial, the

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