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Jul
27, 2015

Cumberland County District Attorney Elected PDAI President: New officers and new member of the Board of Directors elected to lead PA law enforcement education and training

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute (PDAI) announced today that Cumberland County District Attorney David J. Freed has been elected president to lead the organization during the 2015- 2016 business year. The new officers are: President: Hon. David J. Freed, Cumberland County District Attorney Vice President: D. Peter Johnson, Union County District Attorney Secretary-Treasurer: Hon. Risa Vetri Ferman, Montgomery County District

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Jul
14, 2015

Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association Elects New Officers

Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PDAA) today announced its newly elected officers for the 2015-2016 business year. The election took place during the association’s annual business meeting. The new officers are: President: Hon. Risa Vetri Ferman, Montgomery County District Attorney Vice President: Hon. David Arnold, Lebanon County District Attorney Secretary-Treasurer: Hon. Seth Williams, Philadelphia County District Attorney “As a prosecutor for over

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Jun
11, 2015

PDAA Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee on Capital Punishment & Gov. Wolf’s Illegal Death Penalty Moratorium

Harrisburg, PA -- Today, on behalf of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PDAA), Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico, Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman, and Philadelphia Deputy District Attorney Ron Eisenberg testified before the House Judiciary Committee regarding capital punishment and Governor Tom Wolf’s illegal death penalty moratorium. In their testimony, Mr. Marsico, Stedman and Eisenberg explained how our current

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Jun
11, 2015

Testimony on behalf of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association by Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico, Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman, and Philadelphia Deputy District Attorney Ron Eisenberg before the House Judiciary Committee Regarding Capital Punishment and Governor Tom Wolf’s Illegal Death Penalty Moratorium

Good morning Chairmen Marsico and Petrarca, and members of the House Judiciary Committee. On behalf of the District Attorneys Association, we are pleased to be testifying about death penalty procedures and law in Pennsylvania and to answer any questions you may have on this important topic. We are Ed Marsico, Dauphin County District Attorney, Craig Stedman, Lancaster District Attorney, and

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Apr
14, 2015

Governor Wolf Acted Outside Legal Authority and is Failing His Constitutional Duty

Amicus brief filed in Commonwealth vs. Williams challenges legality of death penalty moratorium HARRISBURG, PA – The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association has filed an amicus brief in the case of Commonwealth vs. Williams, calling Governor Tom Wolf’s moratorium on the death penalty “a naked attempt to evade long-standing constitutional limitations on his power” and said that by making the move he

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Apr
8, 2015

Testimony of Risa Vetri Ferman Montgomery County District Attorney Vice President, Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association Before the House Judiciary and Health Committees Regarding Medical Marijuana

Medical Marijuana Testimony Good morning Chairmen Marsico, Petrarca, Baker, and Fabrizio and members of the House Judiciary and House Health Committees. My name is Risa Vetri Ferman, and I am the Vice President of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association and District Attorney of Montgomery County. With me is my colleague David Heckler, District Attorney of Bucks County. We sincerely appreciate the

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Apr
6, 2015

ADVISORY – MANHEIM – Tomorrow – Wolf Administration to Hold a Press Conference Expanding Access to Naloxone

Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania State Police in partnership with the departments of Drug and Alcohol Programs and Health will hold a news conference to announce plans to expand access to the life-saving medicine Naloxone. WHAT: Pennsylvania State Police in partnership with the departments of Drug and Alcohol Programs and Health will hold a news conference to announce plans to expand access

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Mar
4, 2015

Families of Victims Must be Heard

Families of murdered loved ones should have as much input as anti-death penalty advocates Harrisburg, PA – It appears that Governor Tom Wolf relied more on input from anti-death penalty advocates than he did on the input from actual people who lost family members to the horrendous acts of convicted killers when he made his decision to impose a moratorium on

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Feb
24, 2015

Amicus Brief Filed in Centre County DA Case

State law mandates Attorney General’s jurisdiction in case HARRISBURG, PA -- On behalf of its membership, the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PDAA) has filed an amicus curiae, or amicus brief, with the state Supreme Court in the current litigation between Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller and the Centre County commissioners, solicitor and other officials. In the brief, the association contends

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Feb
13, 2015

PDAA Issues Statement on Death Penalty Moratorium

Pittsburgh, PA – The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PDAA) today issued the following: Governor Tom Wolf’s action today granting Terrance Williams a reprieve and imposing a moratorium on the death penalty is a misuse of his power and ignores the law. He has rejected the decisions of juries that wrestled with the facts and the law before unanimously imposing the death

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