Letter in Support of SB 752 – Expanding Diversion Programs, Focusing Detention, and Other Evidence-Based Reforms for Youth Posted on September 13, 2024 by Interbranch Commission Letter in Support of SB 752 – Juvenile Justice Reforms re Diversion, Detention, Commitments, and LFOs (2)Download
Letter in Support of SB 751 – Eliminating Practice of “Direct File” for Youth Posted on September 13, 2024 by Interbranch Commission Letter in Support of SB 751 – Eliminating Practice of Direct File, Other Reforms (2)Download
Letter in Support of SB 170 – Standardizing Juvenile Record Expungement Process Posted on September 13, 2024 by Interbranch Commission Letter in Support of SB 170 – Standardizing Juvenile Expungement Process (2)Download
Press Release: Developments and Continued Challenges in Reform of Indigent Defense Services in Pennsylvania Posted on July 5, 2024 by Interbranch Commission Press-Release-re-ACLU-Lawsuit-FINALDownload
Comments to Court re Proposed Criminal Procedural Rules Consistent with Act 163 (2022) (Reduction, Waiver of LFOs) Posted on April 22, 2024 by Interbranch Commission Interbranch-Commission-Comments-on-Proposed-Rules-Published-in-Response-to-Act-163-2022Download
Press Release: Inaugural Meeting of Statewide Indigent Defense Advisory Committee Posted on February 26, 2024 by Interbranch Commission Feb-2024-Press-Release-re-First-Meeting-of-Indigent-Defense-Advisory-CommitteeDownload
Press Release: Enactment of Act 34 (2023), State-Based Funding for Indigent Defense Reform Posted on December 20, 2023 by Interbranch Commission Dec-2023-Press-Release-re-Act-34-Indigent-Defense-FundingDownload
Second Round of Comments re Court’s Revised Proposed Amendments to PA Criminal Procedural Rules Governing Appointment of Counsel, Purpose of Bail, and Others Posted on September 7, 2023 by Interbranch Commission Comments-re-2023-Republished-Proposed-Amendments-to-State-Court-Criminal-Procedural-RulesDownload
Proposal to PA Supreme Court re Amendments to Statewide Rules Governing Courts’ Collection of Fines/Costs Consistent with Act 163 (2022) Posted on January 31, 2023 by Interbranch Commission Joint-Letter-to-Rules-Committee-re-Act-163-1-31-23Download
Comments to Court re Proposed State Criminal Procedural Rules Governing Appointment of Counsel, Purpose of Bail, and Others Posted on February 14, 2022 by Interbranch Commission Finalized-Comments-on-Criminal-Procedural-Rules-Committees-Notice-of-Proposed-RulemakingDownload
