David Rudovsky

In the Media: David Rudovsky

Pittsburgh is trying to balance protestors' free speech rights with security for the upcoming G-20 conference. "There's no First Amendment ruler out there," said David Rudovsky, a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania who helped the ACLU wrestle with Philadelphia on behalf of protesters prior to the 2000 Republican National Convention. "There are probably 50 factors that go into this balance" between security and expression. (9/12/2009). Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
In the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, "What I see as more significant [than race] is the phenomenon of persons being arrested who challenge the authority of police," says David Rudovsky, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. "It's street punishment." (7/25/2009). Christian Science Monitor.
Officials are investigating the Philadelphia Police Narcotics Field Unit for misuse of search warrants. "I think supervisors dropped the ball," said David Rudovsky, a prominent civil-rights attorney and senior fellow at Penn Law."You can have the best rules in the world, but if you don't enforce them and apply them and supervise, they [the rules] won't mean very much." (4/24/2009). Philadelphia Daily News.
Civil rights lawyer David Rudovsky, a senior fellow at Penn Law, praised Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham for managing her office with integrity, but added: “She and her office has too often displayed an attitude that justice is served when the District Attorney wins. That’s reflected in her too often criticism of judges who rule against her or against police in certain cases.” (4/8/2009). WHYY.
Defense attorneys for former state Sen. Vincent Fumo are not likely to win an appeal of his conviction based on a blogging juror, said David Rudovsky, senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. "Courts generally will not overturn a verdict unless there was improper conduct and prejudice toward the defendant," he said. "It's not clear the defense has been able to show prejudice toward the defendant." (3/17/2009). Philadelphia Daily News.
"When you have evidence like DNA, which is the gold standard now, it's simply arbitrary in a constitutional sense to deny ... the right to do the testing," says Penn Law Professor David Rudovsky. (3/2/2009). NPR.
On Monday, the Supreme Court will be asked to rule in favor of a Constitutional right to seek DNA evidence that could show innocence. "We have to convince the court that this is something so powerful, so unique and so conclusive that it is arbitrary and unfair to deny it," said David Rudovsky, a University of Pennsylvania law professor who has represented several inmates who were freed after DNA tests exonerated them. (3/1/2009). Los Angeles Times. Chicago Tribune.
The right to DNA testing should not be limited by individual states, said University of Pennsylvania law professor David Rudovsky. "There are people out there now in prison who are innocent," Rudovksy said, but the jurisdictions in which they were convicted deny them access to DNA evidence that would prove it. (2/22/2009). Washington Post.
Professor David Rudovsky answers crime-related questions on a online forum as well as in the paper’s series, “Too Tough? Tactics in suburban policing.” (12/17/2007). Philadelphia Inquirer.
"If local police don't think anybody is watching or investigating, it's likely you're going to have more misconduct." says Professor David Rudovsky reacting to the sharp reduction in FBI civil rights investigations. (4/26/2007). Seattle Post Intelligencer .
U.S. District Judge Surrick rules that Philadelphia's jails violate the constitutional rights of inmates in response to a lawsuit filed last year by Penn Law Professor David Rudovsky. Philadelphia Inquirer (1/16/2007). Article.
With a suit against prison overcrowding brought by Professor David Rudovsky pending, City Council holds hearings. Philadelphia Inquirer. (11/1/2006). Article.
The First Judicial District announces an administrative restructuring and judicial transfer in response to Professor David Rudovsky's prison overcrowding suit that was filed in federal court. The Legal Intelligencer. (8/17/2006).
Professor David Rudovsky files a class-action lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia about prison overcrowding. 6ABC Action News. (7/24/2006). Article.
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers features Professor David Rudovsky's career as a civil rights pioneer and criminal defense expert. (6/7/2006).
Professor David Rudovsky discusses witness intimidation when a father told his daughter to say, "I don't remember." The Philadelphia Inquirer (4/26/2006). Article.
The Philadelphia Bar Association awards Professor David Rudovsky the Cesare Beccaria Award for his contribution to the cause of justice and the advancement of legal education. (1/18/2006).
"Why should we keep someone on parole if they are innocent?" says Professor David Rudovsky in response to the law that prisoners on parole or who pleaded guilty are not allowed to have DNA testing. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (12/20/2005). Article.
Professor David Rudovsky, a defense attorney in Abu-Jamal's 1990s case, calls the decision of the federal appeals court to hear three of the inmate's claims "a modest victory." Pittsburgh Post Gazette (12/9/2005). Article.
Professor David Rudovsky questions the "misuse of police resources" to investigate a day laborer who gave false information to a newspaper. Newsday (8/9/2005). Article - Requires Westlaw sign on - Citation #2005 WLNR 12512128.
As Houston reels from the disclosure that crime lab chemists faked results, Professor David Rudovsky suggests, "To the extent there have been proven problems, unless they root them out and change protocol and procedure very quickly, I think juries and judges will have legitimate questions." Bloomberg (6/10/2005). Article.
"There's a little bit of a chess game here," says Professor David Rudovsky about the defense not calling witnesses in the Philadelphia pay-to-play trial." The Philadelphia Inquirer (4/6/2005).
Professor David Rudovsky suggests that the threat of capital punishment in a case facing a 70 year old defendant might be "a bargaining chip in plea negotations." (3/25/2005).
Professor David Rudovsky backs the statistics cited in a Philadelphia report reviewing the race of people shot by police. He had been the lead lawyer in the 1996 civil rights settlement with the city. Philadelphia Inquirer (3/3/2005).

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