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The Delaware County chapter of the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration held a rally outside the Delaware County Courthouse to demand District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer be more accountable to his Black constituency or step down, on March 3, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Social Justice

‘Hit the road, Jack’: Protesters call for accountability from Delco DA Stollsteimer

The Delaware County Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration rallied to demand that the district attorney address his failures, or step down.

4 years ago

 Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 7th and Race streets (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Philadelphia
Policing

Philadelphia detective accused of beating confession out of an innocent man who was convicted of murder

Officer James Pitts is accused of forcing a confession out of a man who couldn’t have been involved in the crime.

4 years ago

File photo: Jayde Newton helps to set up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid abuse outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy is taking place in White Plains, N.Y., on Aug. 9, 2021. A judge said he is extending legal protections for members of the Sackler family, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma by another three weeks to buy time to work out a new settlement to thousands of lawsuits over the opioid crisis
Addiction
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National
Public Health

Purdue Pharma, U.S. states agree to new opioid settlement

The deal reached Thursday would require members of the Sackler family who own the drugmaker to pay as much as $6 billion in cash.

4 years ago

Former Louisville Police officer Brett Hankison discusses the muzzle flashes that he saw coming from the apartment as is questioned by the prosecution, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Louisville, Ky
Black Lives Matter
Gun Violence
Law
Policing

Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid

The jury on Thursday found Brett Hankison not guilty of three counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that ripped into a neighboring apartment.

4 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Public Health

In-person visits to resume at Philadelphia prisons

As mask mandates and vaccine requirements are lifted due to falling COVID numbers, in-person visitation will start again March 7.

4 years ago

Drivers travel down North Broad Street
Philadelphia
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Billy Penn

Philly becomes the first big U.S. city with a law banning minor traffic stops

The Driving Equality Law was crafted after data confirmed these kinds of violations overwhelmingly affect Black drivers.

4 years ago

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Pennsylvania

Will the U.S. Supreme Court wade into the battle over Pa.’s congressional map?

At issue is a fundamental question: Who has the power to determine how elections are run?

4 years ago

Maria Mirkovic works with some of her third graders in her classroom
K-12
Race & Ethnicity

Oral arguments in N.J. school desegregation trial set to begin

Plaintiffs will argue that the state has not done enough to properly integrate public schools.

4 years ago

Philadelphia police shot and killed a 12-year-old on Tuesday night, March 1, 2022. (6abc)
Gun Violence
Policing
Public Safety

12-year-old shot and killed by Philly police, investigators say they don’t have ‘definitive determination’ of what happened

Police shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night after their unmarked police vehicle was struck by gunfire.

4 years ago

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train derailment
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Transportation

Prosecution rests in trial of Amtrak engineer charged over deadly 2015 derailment

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office rested its case against the Amtrak engineer accused in 2015’s deadly derailment.

4 years ago

A police officer shines a flashlight onto a car window with a bullet hole in it
Philadelphia
Policing
6abc

Police shoot, kill 12-year-old who allegedly opened fire on officers in South Philly

Officials say the 12-year-old was in possession of a stolen 9MM, semi-automatic handgun, recovered from the scene.

4 years ago

File photo: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a campaign stop, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
NPR
Kids
Law
LGBTQ

The ACLU sues to block Texas from investigating parents of trans youth

The lawsuit says at least one family is already under investigation for providing their child with medically necessary gender-affirming care.

4 years ago

Police officers patrol Market Street in Wilmington
Delaware
Policing

Wilmington police officer indicted for two alleged assaults and trying to cover them up

The investigation into former Patrolman Samuel Waters stemmed from a videotaped encounter inside a Southbridge store that went viral on social media.

4 years ago

Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak engineer involved in a 2015 derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200, arrives at criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Infrastructure
Public Safety
Transportation

Prosecutors claim training should have prevented fatal Amtrak derailment

Two witnesses, also engineers, described the intensive training they underwent, which included memorizing the speed limit for each portion of their route.

4 years ago

People in Los Angeles walk in a silent protest march on April 9, 2012, to demand justice for the killing of Trayvon Martin. (David McNew/Getty Images)
NPR
Black Lives Matter
Criminal Justice
Race & Ethnicity

Trayvon Martin’s killing 10 years ago changed the tenor of democracy

The Black teen's killing on Feb. 26, 2012, helped spark Black Lives Matter.

4 years ago

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