Ex-Philly Union Leader's Early Release Bid Denied

By P.J. D'Annunzio ( January 26, 2026, 5:03 PM EST) -- A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday rejected an early release bid by John Dougherty, the former business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 in Philadelphia, ruling that his argument to be released from his six-year prison term to look after his disabled wife for fear that she wouldn't be able to receive proper care was based on speculation....

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