by Kathleen Lucas | May 10, 2014 | Kathleen Lucas
Suspected of murder, held for two years, man has charges dropped Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140510_Held_for_two_years__a_murder_suspect_is_cleared.html#uT31uUBBtBzbIhT7.99 Suspected of murder, held for two years, man has charges dropped Read more...
by Kathleen Lucas | Jan 18, 2014 | Billy H. Nolas
We celebrate the life of Dr. King on Monday, so mentioning a milestone from 2013 seemed proper to me. We had this milestone when, in a dreary Bucks County hearing room, the prosecutor conceded that David Ramtahal should be resentenced to a sentence other than death....
by Kathleen Lucas | Nov 5, 2013 | Aja Beech
cross-posted from www.newsworks.com On Aug. 21, 2013, a judge in Philadelphia said Jimmy Dennis, convicted 21 years ago of the murder of Chedell Ray Williams, deserved to be retried within 180 days or to be set free. He is still on death row. I remember hearing about...
by Kathleen Lucas | Aug 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
District Attorney Seth Williams says he’s “upset and disgusted†at the Judge Anita Brody’s ruling in Jimmy Dennis’s case.  He should be. His solution is to “appeal it to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals or just retry the case.†But he needs to go...
