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- ↑ "Justices Suspend Orie Melvin in Wake of Charges". The Legal Intelligencer. May 21, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Jury finds Orie Melvin guilty on all but one count - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. February 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Picture Imperfect".