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PHILADELPHIA, April 15 (UPI) -- A former Philadelphia funeral director in prison for selling human remains illegally will not have to pay the cost of his prosecution, an appeals court says.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Two brothers convicted of selling body parts from their funeral homes will each spend at least eight years in prison, a Philadelphia judge has ruled.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The mastermind behind nearly $4 million in illegal body parts sales has pleaded guilty and is expected to testify against his Philadelphia mortician partners.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A judge has been assigned to a Philadelphia trial involving the alleged sale of body parts, after a search for a judge who hasn't golfed with the defendants.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Philadelphia bail commissioner Francis Rebstock set bail this week for three men accused of taking body parts from 244 cadavers at two local funeral homes.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Three Philadelphia funeral directors have been arrested on charges of conspiring to sell body parts, District Attorney Lynn Abraham said Thursday.
