Courts & Law
Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife cites need for surgery in request to delay her trial
Nadine Menendez says a newly diagnosed condition requires surgery within six weeks. A federal judge is set for a May 6 trial of the senator, his wife and two businessmen.
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Opioid settlement cash a boon to Pa. prosecutors but public defenders are being turned away
County district attorneys are in line for millions of dollars, but under-resourced public defenders say they’ve been sidelined.
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Workers sue to overturn law that exempts Atlantic City casinos from indoor smoking ban
At Friday's rally, workers said they are employing new tactics to ban smoking in the casinos after thus far failing to convince legislators to do it.
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3 retired Philadelphia detectives to stand trial in perjury case stemming from 2016 exoneration
Martin Devlin, Manuel Santiago and Frank Jastrzembski are accused of lying under oath at the 2016 retrial of a man the jury exonerated in a 1991 rape and murder.
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Man shot by police spurs chase through 2 states after stealing cruiser
The chase involved officers from New Castle County and Wilmington, as well as state police from Delaware and Pennsylvania.
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DA plans to seek death penalty against man charged with killing 3 relatives in Levittown
Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn plans to seek capital punishment because of the “multiple killings and grave risk to others.”
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Appeals court leaves hold on New Jersey’s primary ballot system in place
Rep. Andy Kim and two other Democratic candidates sued in federal court to block New Jersey's so-called county line primary system.
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Safehouse leaders say they are reviewing their options and next steps, which could include filing an appeal. The lawsuit was first filed in 2019.
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Listen 1:04A Supreme Court case could have major implications for homelessness in Philly region
Some legal scholars believe the Supreme Court’s decision could have far-reaching consequences beyond the issue of homelessness.
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The judge on Monday found that Elmer Daniels failed to prove his argument that Delaware police had concocted evidence against him and withheld exculpatory evidence.
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Trump posts bond in civil fraud case; has gag order expanded in hush-money trial
The news comes a week after a New York appeals court reduced the amount Trump had to post as bond from nearly half a billion to $175 million — and gave him 10 days to post it.
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Atlantic City mayor says home search tied to ‘family matter’
Mayor Marty Small says he and his wife were aware of an investigation by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office for at least three months, according to his attorney.
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Man in custody after fatal stabbing on SEPTA’s Somerset Station platform in Kensington
The victim and the suspect have yet to be identified.
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New Jersey youth wrestling coach sentenced to more than 7 years in child sex abuse images case
In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi sentenced Alec Donovan to 30 years of supervised release, prosecutors said.
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The three defendants were convicted even though DNA testing at the time showed that evidence found in the victim’s body did not match any of them, attorneys said.
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