Courts & Law
‘There’s some hope for this country’: Philly civil rights advocate responds to Arbery verdict
Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler, co-director for the racial justice organization Power Live Free said the case was about much more than what happened to Ahmaud Arbery.
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Listen 5:27All 3 defendants found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery
Arbery’s killing became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice after the graphic video of his death leaked online two months later.
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The Waukesha death toll rises to 6, and the suspect faces homicide charges
Prosecutors said as they filed five counts of first-degree intentional homicide against Darrell Brooks Jr.
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Jury awards $26M in damages for Unite the Right violence
A jury has ordered 17 white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay $26 million in damages over violence that erupted during the deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville.
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Hate crime trial for former N.J. police chief will go to the jury on Monday
The defense only called one witness, an FBI agent on the case who called it “atypical.” Federal prosecutors and Frank Nucera Jr.’s attorneys will give closing arguments on Mon
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The jury has begun deliberations in the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing
The lead prosecutor said the three defendants could not claim self-defense, given that they initiated the confrontation.
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Philly police dispatchers indicted for collecting pandemic unemployment, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors say the employees fraudulently collected Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, while also collecting their city paychecks.
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N.J. man in GoFundMe scam pleads guilty to federal charge
Mark D'Amico, his ex-girlfriend Katelyn McClure, and Johnny Bobbitt Jr. had made up a story that led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, prosecutors say.
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After the Rittenhouse verdict, focus returns to Chrystul Kizer’s self-defense case
Kizer, who was 17 at the time, is accused of shooting Randall P. Volar III in the head; Volar had previously been arrested on child sexual assault charges.
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Families of Parkland shooting victims settle lawsuit with DOJ for about $130 million
Families of more than a dozen victims of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., have reached a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve their lawsuit.
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Coroner says prisoner at SCI Camp Hill died by suicide
A prisoners' rights advocate notes, this is the fourth prisoner death in Pa. in the past eight days.
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Roger Stone, Alex Jones among new subpoenas issued by Jan. 6 panel
The committee said the subpoenas are focused on the planning and financing of Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 rallies in Washington, D.C., the subsequent march and deadly riot.
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After Wisconsin tragedy, Philly police are confident in their Thanksgiving Parade safety plan
After police say a man intentionally plowed through a crowd of holiday parade marchers in Wisconsin, Philly law enforcement say Thursday’s Thanksgiving event will be safe.
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‘Extremely disturbing’: Philly approaches 500 people murdered in 2021
Philadelphia’s District Attorney said he is worried police do not have enough resources to solve and investigate a historic number of murders.
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What you need to know about the killing of Christian Hall by Pennsylvania State Police
Nearly a year after his death, Hall's parents are calling for a new investigation.
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