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For Rufus Seth Williams, No Last Chance To Say Goodbye To Mom
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe judge wouldn't even let him out of jail to see MomToday in court, Judge Paul S. Diamond ripped former Philadelphia D.A. Rufus Seth Williams a new one before packing...
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Requiem For An Old-School Pol
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netHe was at various stages of his long life, a Daily News sports writer, a restauranteur, a state representative, a City Councilman, a felon, a newspaper editor, a...
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Memory Issues In the Jerry Sandusky Case
By Mark PendgerastFor BigTrial.netLike most people, I assumed that Jerry Sandusky must be guilty before I began to research the case in depth. After all, there was that eyewitness of shower abuse, and...
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The Return of Vincenzo
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netFormer state Senator Vincent J. Fumo is back in the news.Fumo, who has kept a low profile since his 2013 release from prison, is the subject of an 8,000-word profile in...
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Another Sandusky-Related Victim Of The Abuse Myth
By Mark Pendergrastfor BigTrial.netThe Jerry Sandusky case continues to make news and ruin lives and careers. It is so toxic that even the most blatantly fraudulent hearsay becomes national headline...
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Newsweek's "Sins Of The Fathers"
By Ralph CiprianoIt took a near death experience to convince retired Philadelphia police detective Joe Walsh that he couldn't keep quiet anymore about what he knew.On June 11, 2015, just another sunny...
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I Did Not Deserve "The Scarlet Letter"
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe "Vince of Darkness" is back with a vengeance.Philly Voice ran a long interview this morning with former state Senator Vincent J. Fumo.Fumo, who spent four years in...
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On Tour With The Original Gangster
Courtroom sketch by Susan ScharyFrom Target: The Senator, Chapter OneBy Ralph CiprianoIn the back of a prison bus, a U.S. marshal was sitting in a steel cage, armed with a shotgun. He was watching over...
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What John Gotti Did To The Mob
John Gotti's mob legacy.Story from realclearlife.com can be read HERE."It's a dark comedy" -- George Anastasia
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Progressive New D.A. Larry Krasner Off On Wrong Foot
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netAttention Philadelphia: your newly-elected District Attorney, Progressive Larry Krasner, is already getting started on his new job, but that may not be a good...
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D.A.'s Office, Under New Management, Perpetuates An Old Fraud
The D.A.'s Star WitnessBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIf you're caught in a lie, when do you have to admit it?If you're the district attorney's office of Philadelphia, never.So the D.A.'s office,...
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Harvey Silverglate's Foreword To Target: The Senator
By Harvey A. SilverglateMy criminal defense and civil liberties law practice, spanninghalf a century, has exposed me to several shockingly broad gaps in American life between appearance and reality. No...
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For Big Trial, A Look Back, A Look Forward
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIf they made a movie out of Big Trial's top stories from 2017, it would be called Trading Places, starring former District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams and convicted...
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At D.A.'s Office Nobody Left To Prosecute Msgr. Lynn
Jeff Lindy: The Left-Wing D.A.'s New Right Hand ManBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netAfter new District Attorney Larry Krasner got through cleaning house yesterday by firing 30 assistant district...
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Chaos At The D.A.'s Office; Two Different Lists Of Fired Employees
Back In ActionBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netOn Friday, when the Philly D.A.'s office was closed due to frigid weather, assistant district attorneys were getting calls on their cell phones, telling...
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D.A. Won't Press Charges Against Teacher Who Cursed Out Cops
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netA Philadelphia schoolteacher who yelled and cursed out police officers during a protest last August over the Frank Rizzo statue will not have to face any legal...
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New D.A. Krasner Going Forward With Retrial Of Msgr. Lynn
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netWell, it didn't take long for our new D.A., Progressive Larry Krasner, to screw up big-time.In a 24-page brief filed Tuesday in state Superior Court, Krasner, who's in...
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"Hey Fredo -- Bring Out The Peppers And Sausage"
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netLast week, I took a virtual tour of the new merged Inquirer-Daily News-philly.com newsroom, thanks to a brand new feature on their website accessible to even hardcore...
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Msgr. Lynn's Lawyers: D.A. Knowingly Put Liar On Stand
New D.A. Larry Krasner Scopes Out His Options In The Lynn CaseBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netLawyers for Msgr. William J. Lynn have accused the district attorney's office of dishonesty and cowardice,...
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How Vince Fumo Saved The Eagles From Moving To Phoenix
From Target: The Senator;A Story About Power And Abuse of PowerBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netMotorcycle cops in South Miami were stopping traffic at every intersection, to let a long black limousine...
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