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Steve Szarewicz was convicted of murder in 1981 in a case built entirely on the shifting accounts of four jailhouse informants. The informant's stories have changed over the last 43 years, but Szarewicz has maintained his innocence. (AP Video: Jessie Wardarski)

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Appeals stretch 4 decades for a prisoner convicted on little police evidence
By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press
Sun,09/29/24-5:03AM , 73 Reads
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) — The four men who put Steve Szarewicz away for murder all changed their stories at one time or another, yet Szarewicz still sits behind bars. That's where he has been for almost 43 years.
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Steve Szarewicz was convicted of murder in 1981 in a case built entirely on the shifting accounts of four jailhouse informants. The informant's stories have changed over the last 43 years, but Szarewicz has maintained his innocence. (AP Video: Jessie Wardarski)

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Appeals stretch 4 decades for a prisoner convicted on little police evidence
By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press
Sun,09/29/24-5:02AM , 57 Reads
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) — The four men who put Steve Szarewicz away for murder all changed their stories at one time or another, yet Szarewicz still sits behind bars. That's where he has been for almost 43 years.
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Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks during a campaign event at Crossing Vineyards and Winery in Newtown, Pa., Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Pennsylvania state senator sues critics of his book about WWI hero Sgt. York
By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press
Thu,09/19/24-9:13AM , 73 Reads
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state senator and former GOP gubernatorial candidate whose support for Donald Trump drew him to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has sued a Canadian university and nearly two dozen academics over criticism of him and his research into World War I hero Sgt. Alvin York.
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This screen grab from video provided by WPVI-TV/6ABC shows the collapsed section of I-95 with fire trucks on the scene in Philadelphia, Sunday, June 11, 2023. A report released on June 11, 2024, says the gasoline delivery truck that destroyed the I-95 bridge a year ago says gasoline spilled out from an unsecured hatch on the top of the tanker. (WPVI-TV/6ABC via AP)

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Report says unsecured tanker hatch spilled out gas in crash that destroyed I-95 bridge in Philly
By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press
Thu,06/13/24-10:33AM , 76 Reads
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gasoline spilled out from an unsecured hatch on the top of the gasoline delivery tanker that overturned and ignited beneath an Interstate 95 bridge in Philadelphia a year ago, according to new details from federal investigators.
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