Courts & Law
The program connects high-risk victims with an advocate.
4 years ago
Surrender a gun, no questions asked? Not an option in everyday Philadelphia
If it’s not a scheduled buyback event, Philly Police require ID.
4 years ago
ICE has twice denied requests to tour the Berks County Residential Center, where people are being kept for months while they await administrative hearings.
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Jersey City’s mayor says gunmen targeted kosher market
A day after the bloodshed, there are growing suspicions it was an anti-Semitic attack.
4 years ago
Bill Cosby loses appeal of sex assault conviction
A Pennsylvania appeals court rejected Bill Cosby’s bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday over the trial judge’s decision to let five other accusers testify.
4 years ago
ACA insurers in the Supreme Court: Why consumers should pay attention
More than $12 billion is at stake for the nation's health insurers Tuesday when the Supreme Court hears a case involving the Affordable Care Act.
4 years ago
Delco DA agrees to release lifer after reviving old charges to keep him jailed
A man is now free despite decades-old shoplifting charges that threatened to keep him in prison even after he received a rare commutation.
4 years ago
Supreme Court leaves Kentucky ultrasound law in place
The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before abortions.
4 years ago
Acting Philly police commissioner promotes officers accused of misconduct
Promotions are based on staffing needs and approval from the city’s Managing Director’s Office, said Capt. Sekou Kinebrew, a police spokesman, in an email.
4 years ago
Iran frees Chinese-American Princeton scholar for U.S.-held scientist
The prisoner exchange was a rare diplomatic breakthrough between Tehran and Washington after months of tensions.
4 years ago
His life sentence commuted, prisoner now faces theft charges dating back to 1992
After 25 years in prison, David Sheppard received clemency for a second-degree murder charge. But he may have to go back to prison for allegedly stealing jeans in 1992.
4 years ago
Shore man convicted of animal cruelty for leaving caged puppy in rising tide of N.J. bay
A Monmouth County man was convicted Thursday of animal cruelty for leaving a caged dog in a New Jersey bay, prosecutors announced.
4 years ago
Sex offender registry law in Pa. facing life-or-death test at Supreme Court
Prosecutors believe the pending cases could gut Pennsylvania’s law, allowing sexually violent predators to evade detection and endangering public safety.
4 years ago
AG Grewal announces new rules to increase accountability for N.J. cops, prosecutors
The attorney general said the directives will mean greater transparency in an era of increased scrutiny of the criminal justice system.
4 years ago
Proposal would require screening all N.J. prisoners for hepatitis B and C
The N.J. Department of Corrections has come under fire from criminal justice and public health advocates who say its policy of targeted screening for the virus falls short.
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