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Courts & Law

Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center (Google Maps)
Criminal Justice
Incarceration

Delco announces appointees to juvenile detention oversight board

The board will be in charge of bringing change to Delco’s juvenile justice system following closure of the its youth detention center due to allegations of child abuse.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks from behind a podium
Aging
Crime
Pennsylvania

‘Prioritized profits over people’: AG Shapiro announces Darby nursing home manager’s guilty plea after three residents die

Chaim “Charlie” Steg, manager of St. Francis rehab center, pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment. Three residents died from insufficient care.

4 years ago

A closeup of a gavel inside a court room
Addiction
Law
Pennsylvania

Federal court vacates Montco woman’s conviction in her friend’s overdose death

The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled “drug delivery resulting in death” statutes were applied too broadly in this case.

4 years ago

A police officer moves through tear gas deployed to disperse a crowd as Justice for George Floyd Philadelphia protests continue in Philly
Black Lives Matter
Philadelphia
Policing
Protests
Social Justice

Victims mark first anniversary of Philadelphia tear gas incidents on 52nd Street, I-676

Attorneys released new video footage of the I-676 incident showing protesters cornered by police at a fenced embankment.

4 years ago

Eric Riddick (center), freed from prison after serving almost 30 years, with his mother Christine Riddick (left) and wife Dana Riddick (right) on May 28, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Social Justice

Philly man released from prison after serving nearly 30 years for murder

Eric Riddick was released from state prison after the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office found the 51-year-old did not receive a fair trial in June 1992.

4 years ago

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby reacts while being notified that the verdict was in during his sexual assault retrial, Thursday, April, 26, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Mark Makela/Pool Photo via AP)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

No sex offender treatment, no parole for Bill Cosby, 83

The 83-year-old Cosby has long said he would resist the programs and refuse to acknowledge wrongdoing even if it means serving the full 10-year sentence.

4 years ago

In this file photo, a Philadelphia Police officer demonstrates a body-worn camera used as part of a pilot project in December 2014, in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Policing

Why is it still so hard to see police bodycam footage in Pennsylvania?

For the general public, getting a glimpse of any body or dashcam footage is a rare feat, partly thanks to a Pennsylvania law that makes it hard to access.

4 years ago

Listen 2:09
Protesters marched from South Philadelphia to City Hall on June 23, 2020, demanding an end to police brutality during ongoing demonstrations in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Policing
Social Justice

‘Monumental leap’: Philly Council passes bill establishing new police oversight board

The bill creates the Citizens Police Oversight Commission. Backers hope it will increase police accountability and restore trust in the police department.

4 years ago

Plastic sheeting surrounds every juror's chair and separates tables for attorneys at the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center in downtown Wilmington as Delaware's courts prepare to resume criminal jury trials that had been on hold since March 2020. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Public Health

Backlog of 1,500 jury trials for Delaware courts as 14-month pandemic break ends

Delaware's courts will start the long slog through a backlog of hundreds of criminal cases starting next week. The pandemic has halted jury trials since March 2020.

4 years ago

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier arrives for a hearing at the Dauphin County Courthous
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Judge upholds Penn St. ex-president Spanier’s jail sentence

The judge ordered Graham Spanier to begin serving at least two months at the county jail on July 9 for a misdemeanor conviction of endangering the welfare of children.

4 years ago

The exterior of The Pennsylvania Capitol
Business
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. drops legal action against restaurants over pandemic

The Health Department had filed two separate complaints alleging that restaurants were violating pandemic restrictions that Gov. Tom Wolf imposed in December.

4 years ago

A closeup of President Donald Trump standing outside
Business
Crime
Politics

New grand jury seated for next stage of Trump investigation

The development signals that the Manhattan district attorney’s office was moving toward seeking charges as a result of its two-year investigation.

4 years ago

Gavel
Incarceration
Law
Social Justice

ACLU-PA and Montco reach settlement regarding attorney-client prison visits

Just days after the organization sued the county in federal court, claiming its attorneys’ visits were being blocked, an agreement was reached.

4 years ago

Investigators work the scene of a mass shooting at a Fairfield Township home
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
New Jersey

Third victim dies, second suspect arrested in South Jersey mass shooting

A 19-year-old woman died from injuries sustained from Saturday’s mass shooting in Fairfield Township. A second suspect has been arrested.

4 years ago

Cumberland County Prosecutor, joined by Gov. Phil Murphy
Gun Violence
New Jersey
Public Safety

One arrest made in South Jersey mass shooting with more expected

Law enforcement in Cumberland County say they anticipate more arrests from Saturday’s mass shooting in Fairfield Township.

4 years ago

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