Pa. Justices Say DA Can't Drop Charges In Police Shooting

By Elizabeth Daley ( April 30, 2026, 5:25 PM EDT) -- Pennsylvania prosecutors cannot refuse to try a police officer who claimed he mistook his gun for a taser when he pressed his weapon to a mentally-ill man's leg and shot him in front of his mother at close range, the state's highest court said Thursday, affirming a lower court decision....

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