...1969 race-riot slaying of a white police officer was not unfair to the defendants, a judge ruled. Senior Judge Edward Biester on Tuesday denied a defense motion to drop murder charges against Stephen Freeland, 50, and Leon "Smickle" Wright...

...brothers Robert N. Messersmith and Arthur Messersmith. The court upheld a December ruling from Bucks County Judge Edward Biester that new information uncovered in 2000 gave prosecutors a legitimate reason to reopen the case in the death of Lillie...