Until recently, it appeared that Pennsylvania law governing post-conviction relief petitions (the challenges to a criminal conviction after direct appeal) were in conflict with governing federal law.

Pennsylvania Superior Court upholds John P. Grazioli's first-degree murder conviction in shooting of wife, finds trial ...

WILKES-BARRE — Lamont Cherry, the man who was convicted of killing a 1-year-old girl in Wilkes-Barre in 2009, was back in court on Monday seeking post-conviction relief. But things didn’t seem to be ...

I am on the Philadelphia court-appointed list and have not signed up to do PCRAs, but I was still appointed on a PCRA case and might be appointed on a second one. I immediately declined the ...

It’s time to revamp the PCRA appointment system. I am on the Philadelphia court-appointed list and have not signed up to do PCRAs, but I was still appointed on a PCRA case and might be appointed on a ...