Orie Melvin, Sister Found Guilty In Corruption Trial
The jury has found suspended state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her sister, Janine Orie guilty on all but one count in a campaign corruption trial.
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The jury has found suspended state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her sister, Janine Orie guilty on all but one count in a campaign corruption trial.
Jurors heard victim impact statements on Tuesday from the family of murder victim Jennifer Daugherty. This comes on day two of the penalty phase trial of Ricky Smyrnes.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A jury has resumed its deliberations in the campaign corruption trial of suspended state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her sister, Janine Orie.
The penalty phase begins today in the trial of the alleged ringleader of the so-called "Greensburg 6."
Closing arguments have started as the Joan Orie Melvin corruption trial wraps up Friday.
The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of the alleged ringleader of the so-called "Greensburg 6." Ricky Smyrnes has been found guilty on all counts.
The defense has rested without calling either defendant to the stand in the corruption trial of suspended State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her sister Janine Orie.
The trial for the alleged ringleader of the so-called "Greensburg 6" resumed Wednesday morning.
A man accused in the stabbing death of his girlfriend inside of her Fayette County home is headed to trial.
Jurors today heard from Ricky Smyrnes in his own words when prosecutors played a taped statement from February 2010.
Jurors today heard from a woman who says Ricky Smyrnes confessed to her just hours after the murder of 30-year-old Jennifer Daugherty.
A jury has found Arthur Henderson guilty of raping three women.
Amber Meidinger was back on the stand Friday answering more questions by defense attorneys for her co-defendant Ricky Smyrnes.
The prosecution has rested in the Arthur Henderson rape trial.
There are new details in the trial of a man accused of raping women in two different counties.
Testimony resumed Thursday morning in the trial of the alleged ringleader of the so-called "Greensburg 6."
The corruption trial for suspended State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin resumed Thursday morning.
The trial for a man accused of raping four women in Ross Township resumed on Wednesday.
Testimony continued Wednesday in the capital murder trial of Ricky Smyrnes.
The highly anticipated trial for a man accused of entering four women's home and raping them got underway Tuesday.
The Knoxville man accused in the beating death of his girlfriend's 11-year-old son has been found guilty of third-degree murder.
Jurors today saw photos of the items used to torture a mentally-challenged Greensburg woman who was murdered.
Suspended state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin's former law clerk took the stand Friday to accuse the justice of directing political campaign work by her state-funded staff, when Melvin was still a Superior Court judge.
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An 18-year-old young man from Pittsburgh was killed and nine others were injured after a massive pileup on Interstate 79.
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