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Time To Flip The Narrative On Rufus
Rufus and ImeldaBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netAccording to the feds and The Philadelphia Inquirer, District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams not only accepted bribes and extorted free gifts. He was so...
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Defense In Graham Spanier Case Rests Without Calling One Witness
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netAt 9:35 this morning, Samuel W. Silver, the lawyer for former Penn State President Graham Spanier, stood up in court and without calling a witness, told the judge that...
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Judge In Msgr. Lynn Case Finds Prosecutorial Misconduct
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe judge in the Msgr. William J. Lynn sex abuse case announced today that she had found evidence of prosecutorial misconduct serious enough to warrant a new trial for...
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Frontier Justice: Dauphin County Jury Convicts Graham Spanier
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe jury in the Penn Sate case today convicted former PSU President Graham Spanier on one count of endangering the welfare of a child, but acquitted him on a second...
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Rufus Seth Williams Is Broke And Needs A New Lawyer
Shame Of The City: Our Corrupt D.A.By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netRufus Seth Williams, our corrupt and scandal-plagued district attorney, has a few new problems to contend with.When we last saw our...
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Special Agent Who Investigated Spanier Blows Up Case
FIS Special Agent John SneddenBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netWhat if everything you thought you knew about the so-called Penn State sex abuse scandal wasn't true?What if that infamous locker room...
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The Circus Is Back In Town: Msgr. Lynn Case To Be Retried
Yes, Boys And Girls, The Circus Is Back!By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netAs the legal combatants were filing out of Judge Gwendolyn Bright's courtroom yesterday, Thomas A. Bergstrom, the lawyer for...
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Deadbeat D.A. Gets A New Defense Lawyer
Tom Burke And His New Clientby Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netRufus Seth Williams has a new lawyer. He's Thomas F. Burke, who served alongside Williams in the D.A.'s office back in the 1990s, under...
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No Joke: Inky Hits New Low On April Fool's Day By Libeling Msgr. Lynn
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThomas A. Bergstrom, the lawyer for Msgr. William J. Lynn, is so mad at The Philadelphia Inquirer that he's threatened to sue the paper for libel. He's also planning to...
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Showers And Leaks: Mike McQueary Blows The Whistle On AG's Office
Alex Brandon/APBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netAt the Graham Spanier trial last month, Mike McQueary, the alleged whistleblower in the Penn State sex abuse case, made a surprising disclosure from the...
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Eight Years Ago In Election Court, Rufus Got Caught Using Mom's Credit Cards...
By Ralph CiprianoThanks, MomOn the witness stand under cross-examination, Rufus Seth Williams explained how he paid for his plane fare, rental car and hotel accommodations when he attended the 2008...
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Federal Agent: No Sex Scandal At Penn State, Just A "Political Hit Job"
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netWhen he was investigating cold cases for NCIS, Special Agent John Snedden knew you always have to start from the beginning. "Let's take a deep breath," he said. "And...
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Philly's Big Giveaway: 300 Drug Dealers About To Hit Lottery
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netA bunch of drug dealers who have already had their convictions overturned are about to hit the lottery.In the courtroom of U.S. Magistrate Timothy R. Rice, a group of...
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Ralph Natale Vs. Skinny Joey And The "Punks"
By George AnastasiaSome of the guys in South Philadelphia are calling it "fake news."Others are using a more graphic description -- "bullshit."They are speaking, of course, of the story that Ralph...
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John-John Veasey Guest Lecturer At West Chester University
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIt was advertised on posters all over campus.At West Chester University on Tuesday night, the Department of Criminal Justice was presenting the latest in their "Crime...
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A Final Look At The Legacy Of Little Nicky
By George AnastasiaNicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo changed the way the game was played in the Philadelphia underworld. An infamous mob hit and a subsequently botched revenge murder attempt set the tone...
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State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, Accused of Bribery, Charges Philly D.A.'s...
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netA lawyer for State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, accused of accepting a $4,000 bribe, is charging the Philadelphia District Attorney's office with a conflict of...
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Msgr. Lynn Case Goes Behind Closed Doors
Sing it Charlie!By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIt was billed as the last pre-trial hearing in the case of Msgr. William J. Lynn, before the lawyers were scheduled to pick a jury next month.But today...
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Judge In Seth Williams Case Has A Conflict Of Interest
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netRichard A. Sprague and Lynne Abraham have gone to court seeking to have District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams, removed from office.The judge in the case is Abbe F....
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Federal Judge Orders D.A.'s Office To Cooperate In Email Search
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netU.S. District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond has given the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office until noon Monday to cooperate with a federal subpoena of two email...
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