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ACLU-PA Statement on the Verdict in the Antwon Rose Murder Trial

PITTSBURGH – After a jury in Allegheny County this evening found former police officer Michael Rosfeld not guilty for killing teenager Antwon Rose II in East Pittsburgh borough last summer, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania responded with a statement.

ACLU-PA Goes Back to Court on Behalf of People Who Are Too Ill to Stand Trial

HARRISBURG - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania returned to federal court today in a new filing against the state Department of Human Services (DHS), more than three years after first bringing a lawsuit on behalf of people who have been found too mentally ill to stand trial.

ACLU Urges Pa. Supreme Court to Find Death Penalty Unconstitutional

PHILADELPHIA — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a friend-of-the-court brief today asking the state Supreme Court to hold Pennsylvania’s capital punishment system in violation of the state constitution, given the vast disparities across the commonwealth.
Issue Areas: Death Penalty