Courts & Law
First day of trial for Amtrak engineer focuses on key question: crime or terrible accident?
Prosecutors and defense attorneys laid out opposing perspectives on the line between an accident and a crime in the case of Brandon Bostian.
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Johnson & Johnson, 3 major distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement
It’s the largest settlement to date among the many opioid-related cases that have been playing out across the country.
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Eight people were killed, and over 200 were injured.
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Biden introduces Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
The historic appointment aims to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries.
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ACLU escalates Delaware prison lawsuit, says ‘physical abuse is the majority culture’
The civil rights organization sued Sussex Correctional Center in December on behalf of two detainees. Now 17 more current and former prisoners have joined the case.
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3 ex-cops convicted of rights violations in Floyd killing
Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck.
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Jury selected for trial of Amtrak engineer in deadly 2015 derailment
A jury has been chosen in the criminal trial of train engineer Brandon Bostian, 38, for his role in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in North Philadelphia.
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Ex-officer in Breonna Taylor raid said he saw AR-15 fire
Brett Hankison is charged with wanton endangerment for shooting through Taylor’s apartment into the home of her neighbor.
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While PSP agreed to make changes or consider policy revisions based on an oversight committee’s recommendations, they did not give up the ability to investigate their own.
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Prosecutors in charge of Trump criminal probe have resigned
The two prosecutors in charge of the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump have suddenly resigned.
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Corporate opioid payouts now being finalized would top $32 billion
This comes as communities across the U.S. are scrambling for resources to combat an opioid crisis that keeps getting worse.
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‘This is absolute insanity’: Philly police union sues to strike down ‘Driving Equality’ law
The Fraternal Order of Police says the law is ‘wholly preempted’ by state law
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New road map to improve diversity among Delaware lawyers, judges
Just 10.6% of Delaware judges are Black men or women, far below the state demographics, with Black residents making up 22% of the population.
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Donald Trump’s DNA, not deposition sought in defamation suit
Carroll in a June 2019 book said Trump raped her in the mid-1990s in an upscale Manhattan department store.
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Philly police arrest man accused in series of carjackings and pair of murders
Jonathan Akubo has been arrested and charged with multiple carjackings and two murders after police traced back a car allegedly used in the crimes.
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