Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association President and District Attorney of Erie County Brad Foulk issued the following statement regarding the unexpected death of retired Chief Justice Ralph Cappy: "There is great sadness among district attorneys regarding the tragic and unexpected loss of Chief Justice Ralph Cappy. Pennsylvania has lost a legal giant whose respect for the law and commitment
Read full post hereHarrisburg, PA -The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute (PDAI) announced today that Lehigh County District Attorney James B. Martin was elected president of the educational and training arm of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association for the business year 2009-2010. The new officers are:- President: Hon. James B. Martin, Lehigh County District Attorney Vice President: Hon. Bradley H. Foulk, Erie County District Attorney Secretary-Treasurer: Hon. Edward M. Marsico, Jr., Dauphin County District Attorney The
Read full post hereHarrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PDAA) today announced its newly elected officers for the 2009-2010 business year. The election took place during the PDAA winter meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 3-6, 2009. The new officers are: President: Hon. Bradley H. Foulk, Erie County District Attorney Vice President: Hon. Edward M. Marsico, Jr., Dauphin County District Attorney Secretary-Treasurer: Hon. Francis J. Schultz, Crawford County District Attorney "Pennsylvania's District Attorneys have
Read full post hereHarrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PDAA) today announced its newly elected officers for the 2008-2009 business year. The election took place this week during the PDAA summer meeting in Erie, Pennsylvania, July 14-17. The new officers are: President: Hon Gary F. Dobias, Carbon County District Attorney Vice President: Hon. Bradley Foulk, Erie County District Attorney Secretary-Treasurer: Hon. Edward Marsico, Dauphin County District Attorney "The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association has
Read full post hereHarrisburg, PA -The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute (PDAI) announced today that Somerset County District Attorney Jerry Spangler was elected to a second term as president of this educational and training arm of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association for the business year 2008-2009. The new officers and board of directors are: President: Hon. Jerry Spangler, Somerset County District Attorney Vice President: Hon. James M. Martin, Lehigh County District Attorney Secretary-Treasurer Hon.
Read full post hereHARRISBURG, PA -- The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PDAA) today passed a resolution to support legislation that would close a loop hole in Pennsylvania's Wiretap and Surveillance laws that jeopardizes the privacy and safety of all Pennsylvania citizens. The law Title 18, PACS 5743 currently allows anyone to request and receive the phone records of any private or public individual. The
Read full post hereHarrisburg, PA-Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PDAA) president and Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce L. Castor, Jr. today called for the Pennsylvania State Legislature to reinstate a portion of the Pennsylvania's Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act that was inadvertently removed in 1998. House Bill 1817, proposed by state Representative Ronald Marsico would reinstate a Pennsylvania law that previously allowed prosecutors to admit
Read full post hereHarrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PDAA) today thanked Speaker of the House Dennis O'Brien, the General Assembly and Governor Edward G. Rendell for passing a financial reimbursement component of the 2005 Full-Time District Attorney legislation as part of this year's budget process. Signed into law yesterday, House Bill 10 comes after two years of work between the District Attorneys
Read full post hereHarrisburg, PA - Members of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PDAA) today were joined by victims and victim advocates calling a Joint State Government Advisory Committee, convened at the direction of a Senate resolution, to study so-called "wrongful convictions" stacked against justice and asking for changes to its composition and mission. "Unfortunately, we have serious concerns that Senate Resolution 381, as it
Read full post hereHarrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute (PDAI) has been named subgrantee by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) on a project that will bring to Pennsylvanians a new automated system to help notify citizens when an offender escapes or is released from a county prison. PDAI will be responsible for the implementation of the Statewide Automated Victim Information
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