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Press Release: PCFJ Joins Bipartisan Calls for Increased Indigent Defense Funding in PA

Posted onMarch 26, 2025January 26, 2026inCategoriesCriminal Justice, Publications

Comments to Court on Republished Criminal Rules re Legal Financial Obligations

Posted onMarch 25, 2025January 26, 2026inCategoriesCriminal Justice, Publications

Commission Submits Comments to Court on Latest Round of Proposed Criminal Rules re Legal Financial Obligations (“LFOs”)

Posted onMarch 25, 2025April 9, 2025inCategoriesNews

On March 25, 2025, the Commission submitted comments on a re-published proposal by the PA Supreme Court’s Criminal Procedural Rules … Continue ReadingCommission Submits Comments to Court on Latest Round of Proposed Criminal Rules re Legal Financial Obligations (“LFOs”)

Letter to Court: Renewed Concerns re ICE’s Presence in Courthouses, Probation Offices

Posted onMarch 18, 2025January 26, 2026inCategoriesLanguage Access, Publications

Press Release: Commission Supports MidPenn Legal’s Successful Motion to Publish Pennsylvania Superior Court’s Opinion to Uphold Language Access Rights

Posted onJanuary 23, 2025January 26, 2026inCategoriesLanguage Access, Publications

Commission Supports MidPenn Legal’s Successful Motion to Publish Pennsylvania Superior Court’s Opinion to Uphold Language Access Rights

Posted onJanuary 23, 2025April 9, 2025inCategoriesNews

Via press release on January 23, 2025, the Commission celebrated the decision of the Pennsylvania Superior Court, issued on January … Continue ReadingCommission Supports MidPenn Legal’s Successful Motion to Publish Pennsylvania Superior Court’s Opinion to Uphold Language Access Rights

Commission Letter in Support of Motion to Superior Court to Publish Ortega v. Henriquez Decision

Posted onJanuary 13, 2025January 26, 2026inCategoriesLanguage Access, Publications

E.D. Shields’ Article in Morning Call: Improving Juror Mental Health Supports

Posted onNovember 30, 2024January 26, 2026inCategoriesJury Service, Publications

Morning Call Newspaper Publishes E.D. Shields’ Article on the Need for Juror Mental Health Supports

Posted onNovember 30, 2024April 9, 2025inCategoriesNews

On November 30, 2024, The Morning Call, a Lehigh-Valley-based newspaper, published Executive Director Shields’ article detailing her experience attending a … Continue ReadingMorning Call Newspaper Publishes E.D. Shields’ Article on the Need for Juror Mental Health Supports

Press Release: Commission Shares Model Juror Mental Health Pamphlet with Judicial Districts Across PA

Posted onNovember 22, 2024January 26, 2026inCategoriesJury Service, Publications

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Harrisburg, PA 17106-2545

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