ARCHIVE: From the PNA Legal Hotline

Courts

• June 12, 2008
  The County Clerk of Courts/Prothonotary has enacted a policy that “seals” all Protection from Abuse (PFA) files. Can they do that?
• June 14, 2007
  Are the names and addresses of jurors impaneled in a criminal trial public? Isn’t the jury array already a public record?
• December 7, 2006
  Why aren’t cameras allowed in most courtrooms in Pennsylvania?
• July 27, 2006
  A local Magisterial District Judge has been redacting birth dates, witness names and other information from court files before providing them to us. Is that OK?