This week in Episode 46 of Subject To Cross, Pete and Caroline discuss expungement and the expansion of sealing of criminal records in Pennsylvania. What’s the difference between expungement and sealing? How long does it take to seal a record? Can you seal felonies? How is it beneficial? Learn mor…
Subject to Cross
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Subject to Cross is a podcast on criminal law hosted by Caroline G. Donato and Peter E. Kratsa, both attorneys from the law firm, MacElree Harvey, Ltd. in West Chester, PA. Criminal defense practitioners work to ensure a fair process and outcome for all individuals. Our state and federal constitutional rights encourage fairness. In this country, we all have the same rights. If the system fails for one, it fails for all. As criminal defense lawyers, we fight to make the system work; to make it fair. That’s why what we do matters. Our mission with this podcast is to put you, the listeners, on the ground floor of that process so that we, and you, can help make it better. If you have questions you would like us to address on the podcast, email SubjectToCross@macelree.com
Latest Episodes
This week in Episode 45, Pete and Caroline discuss changes to probation in Pennsylvania via the Probation Reform Act of 2023. What does probation entail? What happens when you violate probation? Listen and learn on platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, YouTube, or wherever you get yo…
This week in Episode 44, Caroline and Pete touch upon the issue of the treatment of mental health in the criminal justice system. Their discussion is triggered by recent news in Dauphin County of inmates facing "two weeks of darkness" in solitary confinement.
This week in Episode 43, Pete and Caroline analyze the popular Netflix series, American Nightmare, covering the 2015 home invasion and kidnapping in Vallejo, California. *Spoiler alert warning* The duo discuss the case in detail from the handling of evidence, interrogation of key witnesses, and mana…
This week, Caroline and Pete discuss the Second Amendment in the post-Bruen era. Did the Supreme Court go too far? Will Pete and Caroline ever see eye-to-eye on this one? Caroline has permission to discuss a case she is currently working on, and explains how she is arguing this constitutional right …
In Episode 41 of Subject to Cross, Caroline and Pete discuss the muddy waters of child abuse appeals (CYF Appeals). Listen to find out what kind of cases each of them tend to take on and the reality behind this consequential administrative process.
In Episode 40 of Subject to Cross, Pete and Caroline pivot to current events discussing actor Alec Baldwin's recent (re-)indictment for manslaughter in New Mexico and charges of sexual assault in Canada against multiple National Hockey League players. A discussion of defense strategies inside and ou…