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PITTSBURGH – A public interest law organization has brought suit against a criminal court judge in Allegheny County, claiming that the judge has violated the First Amendment through preventing it and members of the public from remotely observing criminal proceedings in his courtroom.
Abolitionist Law Center filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on March 2 versus Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Anthony D. Mariani. Both parties are of Pittsburgh.
The plaintiff is a nonprofit law firm which oversees a court-watching program in Pennsylvania’s Fifth Judicial District, which includes Allegheny County. The program’s volunteers observe dozens of criminal hearings each week, in order to monitor the day-to-day operations of the County’s justice system and share those observations with local community members, advocates and journalists.