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Inky Editorial Board: Exonerated Narcotics Officers Still Guilty
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netSometimes a journalist can make the mistake of falling in love with a story. Even when it turns out to be not true.That seems to be what's happened over at The...
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Msgr. Lynn's Case Back In Superior Court
By Ralph CiprianoBergstrom & Lynn Back In Superior Courtfor BigTrial.netMsgr. William J. Lynn is back in jail. He won't be seeing the Pope when he comes to town next month. Meanwhile, Thomas A....
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Archdiocese Of Philadelphia Settles With Billy Doe
Held Up By A HustlerBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe archdiocese caved; Billy Doe got paid.That's the depressing bottom line in the civil case of Doe v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia et al, according...
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Judge Lets D.A. Out of Deposition
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netPhiladelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams was scheduled for a deposition at 1 p.m. Monday in a defamation case filed against him by Police Officer Linwood...
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Billy Doe Case Back From The Dead
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netLike a zombie that refuses to die, the Billy Doe civil case is still scheduled for trial at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 9th, in Courtroom 480 of City Hall.Many people assumed the...
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Complaint Details "Petty & Childish" Feud Between D.A. And Narcs
First Assistant D.A.: "I'm tired of their shit."By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netAn amended complaint filed in federal district court charges that the indictment of six Philadelphia narcotics officers...
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Scarfo's Wife Sentenced To Probation
Pelullo and ScarfoBy George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netMrs. Scarfo won't be going to jail.After pleading guilty to a mortgage fraud charge that was a small part of her husband's multi-million dollar...
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George Martorano And The Case That Changed The Philly Mob
Ted Simon and George MartoranoBy George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netEarlier this month, George Martorano was released from a prison.It was long overdue.Martorano, 65, had spent 32 years in federal...
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Will Billy Doe Face A Final Cross-Examination?
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netNext Friday, in Courtroom 480 at City Hall, they're scheduled to pick a jury in the civil case of Billy Doe vs. the Archdiocese of Philadelphia et al.The case still...
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Gerry's Sinking Ships
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIn July, after he got through negotiating a new labor contract, H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest, the philanthropist who owns the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com,...
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Billy Doe Punks Out
You paid Billy Doe how much?By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIn the civil case of Billy Doe vs. the Archdiocese of Philadelphia et al., it's all over before it even got started.This morning, lawyers in...
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Joe Vito Mastronardo Dies In Prison
Joe Vito and sonBy George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netJoe Vito Mastronardo, the "Gentleman Gambler" who lived life on his own terms and moved to the beat of a drummer that only he could hear, died in a...
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Feds Again Fail To Make Their Case In A Big Mob Trial
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netHave the feds lost their mojo when it comes to the mob?That's certainly a reasonable question after another organized crime prosecution ended with a not guilty...
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Honorary Chief Strikes Back After False Arrest
"Be Careful Who You Pick On"By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netJames J. Binns, Philadelphia trial lawyer and longtime cop booster, is a good friend of David Wolfson, Chief of the Margate City Police...
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Prison Librarian Hopes To Get Out Soon
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe State Correctional Institute at Waymart has a new librarian.Six days a week, Msgr. William J. Lynn, the former secretary for clergy for the Archdiocese of...
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Msgr. Lynn Gets A New Trial
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netA panel of state Superior Court judges today vacated Msgr. William J. Lynn's prior conviction on endangering the welfare of a child and ordered a new trial.Lynn, the...
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Lynn's Lawyer Seeks New Judge
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThis morning, Thomas A. Bergstrom finally got hold of his client, Msgr. William J. Lynn, to tell him the good news that his conviction had been vacated by the state...
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Grandstanding D.A. Vows To Keep Monsignor Lynn In Jail
By Ralph CiprianoThe D.A.'s credo: Never let the facts get in the way of a good storyfor BigTrial.netHe may have won a new trial but he's not getting out of jail anytime soon.That's the political...
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Bernard Shero Loses In State Supreme Court
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe state Supreme Court on New Year's Eve turned down an appeal by Bernard Shero in the Billy Doe case.On June 12, 2013, Shero, then 51, was sentenced by Judge Ellen...
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The Twisted Legal Logic Of "Mariana"
Careful, Mariana might be watchingBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIf "Mariana" ever chaperoned an eighth grade dance, many junior high boys might leave in handcuffs.Going by the legal logic expressed...
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