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PITTSBURGH – A woman who sustained a gunshot wound while fleeing a fight which occurred in the parking lot of an adult nightclub in early 2021, has won a motion to compel the owners of the club to produce discovery evidence.
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County and the warden of its jail have denied responsibility for the COVID-19-related death of a man who had been incarcerated there two years ago.
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County has denied that its internal “Gag Rule” policies violate the First Amendment rights of its county jail employees and prevent the plaintiff, an investigative journalist, from developing sources to offer comment for stories detailing events which have taken place inside the jail.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh investigative journalist contends that “Gag Rule” policies enacted by the Allegheny County Bureau of Corrections violate the First Amendment rights of Allegheny County Jail employees and contractors, and prevent her from developing sources to offer comment for stories detailing events which have taken place inside the jail.