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JAMAL v. KANE

Civil Action Nos. 1:14-CV-2148, 1:15-CV-45.

96 F.Supp.3d 447 (2015)

Mumia Abu JAMAL, et al., Plaintiffs v. Kathleen KANE, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al., Defendants. Prison Legal News, et al., Plaintiffs v. Kathleen Kane, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

Signed March 6, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley K. Henderson, Deneekie Grant, Amistad Law Project, Philadelphia, PA, Bret D. Grote, Dustin McDaniel, Jules Lobel, Pittsburgh, PA, David Shapiro, Northwestern Univ. School of Law, David M. Shapiro, Chicago, IL, for Mumia Abu Jamal, et al.

Amy B. Ginensky, Eli Segal, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Seth F. Kreimer, Philadelphia, PA, Lance T. Weber, Sabarish P. Neelakanta, Lake Worth, FL, Sara J. Rose, American Civil Liberties Foundation of Pennsylvania, Witold J. Walczak, American Civil Liberties Union of PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Thomas B. Schmidt, III, Tucker R. Hull, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Harrisburg, PA, for Prison Legal News, et al.

Kenneth L. Joel, M. Abbegael Giunta, Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, Bryan C. Hughes, Michael R. Scalera, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM

Presently before the court are two challenges to the Revictimization Act, 18 PA.STAT. § 11.1304, a 2014 amendment to Pennsylvania's Crime Victims Act, 18 PA. STAT. §§ 11.101 et seq. Plaintiff's attack the constitutionality of Section 11.1304, which authorizes the Commonwealth...

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