Andy Howard

Public Defender, Pittsburgh

[Pittsburgh's Public Source @PublicSourcePA]

Springdale man released from ICE detention center 4 months after traffic stop arrest.
https://t.co/EOBuO6bPmg

[TribLIVE.com @TribLIVE]

Video appears to contradict police account of arrest at Springdale Council meeting https://t.co/hgSilMwbjo

[Pittsburgh's Public Source @PublicSourcePA]

Video: Critic of Springdale police ICE pact did not break rule prior to rough arrest.
https://t.co/5z0qs8jXDI

[TribLIVE.com @TribLIVE]

Pa. is among 10 states that do not compensate the wrongfully convicted https://t.co/6ayMTZQQde

[Pittsburgh's Public Source @PublicSourcePA]

A Springdale resident was arrested from the public speaker’s podium at a Tuesday council meeting while arguing for transparency around the municipality’s dealings with ICE. Borough officials maintain he escalated by defying instructions to stop talking. https://t.co/CMlc3wJI7T

[Pittsburgh's Public Source @PublicSourcePA]

ICE notified the Allegheny County Sheriff of 46 "targets" at Pittsburgh courts in 2025, per emails obtained by request. The Sheriff's Office maintains that it does not cooperate with ICE. One ICE email reads "Thank you all very much for your cooperation." https://t.co/wvteqi1Vav

[lyss, esq @am_yers]

Getting it notarized doesn't make it not hearsay

[Matt Martens @martensmatt1]

“I consider [trial by jury] as the only anchor yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.”

— Thomas Jefferson (1788)

[Carissa Byrne Hessick @CBHessick]

If the court doesn’t dismiss the criminal charges against James Comey, it will almost certainly order discovery, which will allow his lawyers to ask questions and demand
documents about how the decision to file charges was made.

That could be more embarrassing than dismissal.

[Andy Howard @AndyHoward88]

@ba55bar @slephew @SenWarren They just wanted to be clear that they don't care about free speech unless it's one of their favorite shows.

[Alyssa Leader @alittleleader]

This take sends me to the roof every time I see it. Indigent people deserve dedicated, experienced, knowledgeable criminal defense attorneys. If you were charged with murder would you want Randy who has only ever done real estate and is only representing you to keep his license?

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

As I told Jimmy Kimmel, when is it enough?

[Public Defenseless Podcast @PDefenselessPod]

In the second half of the debate between Prof John Gross and Prof Bob Boruchowitz about Public Defender National Workload standards, Prof Boruchowitz offered a strong defense of the study's methodology while pointing to WA's implemention of standards as a path for PDs to follow

[Andy Howard @AndyHoward88]

Another example of Stephen Zappala's incompetence costing lives and money. This is enough to fund an attorney position in my office for half a decade. https://t.co/rGminaGXQ6

[Andy Howard @AndyHoward88]

“It is just assumed that public defenders are just supposed to be overworked and understaffed until we burn out and can’t take it anymore, until we are replaced with someone with energy who does it until they burn out. It’s a continuous cycle of never having enough resources.”

[Taniel @Taniel]

Illinois is one of only states where public defenders get no help or standards from any statewide agency, e.g. funds or expert help. That’s made burnout & severe staffing issues worse.

Lawmakers just passed a bill to remedy this. Now on Pritzker’s desk. https://t.co/pliKO1sQ26

[Zaid Jilani @ZaidJilani]

He advocated for Miranda Rights. Wait until you learn that John Adams insisted on due process for the British soldiers who shot down Americans. Due process is the most core American value.

[Glenn Thrush @GlennThrush]

You almost never see a judicial dunk on DOJ like the denunciation of the government’s charges against Abrego Garcia…. The allegations against him border on “physical impossibility,” the magistrate wrote.

[Julia Davis @JuliaDavisNews]

Family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines.
https://t.co/Rt14vSHAiW

[Andy Howard @AndyHoward88]

@AcjUnion @alleghenyJOB @bethanyhallam *read salacious charges*

[Andy Howard @AndyHoward88]

@AcjUnion @alleghenyJOB @bethanyhallam This is demonstrably false. Legal mail is identified with specific barcodes and safeguards. We don't need unscrupulous COs rummaging through privileged mail to "make copies." You guys already ready salacious charged over the PA system, inciting violence.

[Andy Howard @AndyHoward88]

@AcjUnion @alleghenyJOB @bethanyhallam And you may not want to admit it, but we attorneys know exactly which COs are selling the drugs. We unfortunately can't tell because of privilege.