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SORNA / Megan's Law - Which Version Applies to You? September 10, 2019
There have been 5 iterations of Pennsylvania’s Megan’s Law (3) and SORNA (2) to date – but which one applies to you? The newest iteration of the Sexual Offenders Registration and Notification Act ...
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Administrative Hearing Required for SORNA II August 6, 2019
An administrative hearing is required of the Pennsylvania State Police prior to assigning sex offender to a “Tier” for a non-Pennsylvania conviction. In an recent en banc decision announced by the ...
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Expungements, Pardons and the New Clean Slate Law July 5, 2019
* Expungement - The removal of information so that there is no trace or indication that such information existed. The elimination of all identifiers which may be used to trace the identity of an ...
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SORNA - Act 10 And 29 of February 21, 2018 Faces Constitutional Challenge June 4, 2019
The newest iteration of the Sexual Offenders Registration and Notification Act (Act 10 and 29 of February 21, 2018, eff. immed.) was determined by a County Judge in Montgomery to be unconstitutional ...
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Engle Named Independent General Counsel for the Harrisburg ICA April 25, 2019
At its meeting held on April 24, 2019, the Harrisburg Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (“ICA”) named Jeffrey Engle, Esq. as its independent general counsel. The ICA consists of a five member ...
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"Chalking Tires" is an Unconstitutional Search April 23, 2019
In the wake of U.S. v. Jones (GPS device attached to the car to monitor movement- illegal search), the 6 th Circuit Court of Appeals has rendered a similar determination. That is, the monitoring of ...
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