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Can you share or sell prescription drugs?

On behalf of Brennan Law Offices on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. In your second year of college, you have your wisdom teeth...

by philacrimJuly 23, 20180 comments

Associates becoming criminal defendants in fatal overdoses

In Pennsylvania and elsewhere, acquaintances and friends of drug users who fatally overdose are increasingly facing legal...

by philacrimJuly 23, 20180 comments

Changes to stop wrong eyewitness identifications

Even though there has long been research showing how unreliable eyewitness identifications can be, law enforcement agencies in...

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Can you share or sell prescription drugs?

Associates becoming criminal defendants in fatal overdoses

Changes to stop wrong eyewitness identifications

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