Category: Montgomery County

Sexual offenses in Pennsylvania

Thanks in part to new legislation, sexual offenses in Pennsylvania against minors have been given more years for the minors to bring charges against the culprit Under the new changes, if a sexual offense occurred against a minor, who was born before August of 2002, the minor will have 32 years after their 18th birthday to bring […]

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55 Years for Selling Weed, Really?

Paul Cassell, formally a federal judge, and now a law professor at the University of Utah, has asked President Obama to commute a marijuana dealer’s 55 year sentence. Weldon Angelos was convicted of selling marijuana to a police informant on 3 separate occasions charging the informant $350.00 each time. The informant told police that Angelos […]

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New Protection From Abuse Law

A new protection from abuse law has gone into effect. Under Title 42 Pa.C.S. 62A01(5)-(6), victims of intimidation and sexual violence who do not have family or household member relationship with the person are eligible to receive protection. Under the old law, the only people that could receive protection under the Act required to be […]

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