Tag Archives: Pennsylvania statutes
Dog Owners Can Be Criminally Liable for Serious and Deadly Attacks
The horrific mauling in January 2017 of a 96-year-old Germantown woman by a pair of dogs raises the specter of criminal liability for the owner of the dogs. Pennsylvania law offers great protection to dog owners, so victims bringing civil lawsuits or pressing criminal charges often have a tough case to make. Pennsylvania is a […]
Degrees of Homicide Under Pennsylvania Law
Pennsylvania Criminal Homicide Offenses The unlawful taking of a human life is the most serious offense in our criminal code. But not all killings are equal. Here is a brief summary of Pennsylvania’s law of criminal homicide: Murder in the first degree — An “intentional killing.” Here the statute provides a further definition: “Killing by […]
