An Allegheny County judge on Monday granted compassionate release for an ailing quadriplegic man serving life in prison. But his attorney says it might be too late. Ezra Bozeman, 68, was rushed to an area hospital from the State Correctional Institution at Laurel Highlands early Monday and is now on
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday tried to thwart at every turn a request for compassionate release by a quadriplegic man serving a life prison term, despite Gov. Josh Shapiro and several state representatives throwing their weight behind the effort. Ezra Bozeman, 68, was convicted of second-degree murder
A Court Watch report from the Abolitionist Law Center says probation causes higher incarceration rates and disproportionately impacts Black men in Greater Pittsburgh.
A former Derry Township man who has served more than two decades in prison for hiring an arsonist to set fire to three properties will be allowed to die at home, a judge ruled Thursday. Donald Queer, 66, was convicted in 2001 of multiple counts of arson and related offenses