The Pennsylvania ACLU and several media outlets, including the Philadelphia City Paper, are challenging a state law they claim is aimed at silencing convicted felons and those who publish the words of felons.
On Jan. 8, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed suit against Attorney General Kathleen Kane and Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams over the Revictimization Relief Act, which the plaintiffs in the case refer to as the Silencing Act. The suit was filed on behalf of media outlets, including Philadelphia City Paper and Prison Legal News, two journalists, four formerly incarcerated people, and a University of Pennsylvania law professor.
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