Courts & Law
Gov. Tom Wolf will allow transparency bill to become law despite veto threat
Wolf had argued Grove’s bill was flawed and would endanger state workers by forcing them to return to offices during an emergency, like the current pandemic.
6 years ago
Multiple Philadelphia police vehicles set on fire overnight
Police officers were advised by radio not to leave their vehicles unattended. Some officers took their patrol cars to garages.
6 years ago
As concerns about voting build, the Supreme Court refuses to step in
The court expressed a frosty attitude toward election lawsuits in four cases this year — from Wisconsin, Texas, Alabama and Florida.
6 years ago
Suit alleges McCarrick, others abused youth at N.J. beach house
Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarr was defrocked in 2019 at age 89 after a church investigation determined he sexually abused minors, as well as adult seminarians.
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Former Pa. Supreme Court judge says chief justice accused her of having ‘minority agenda’
Cynthia Baldwin, the second Black woman to serve on the Pa. Supreme Court, says Chief Justice Thomas Saylor treated her unfairly in disciplinary proceedings.
6 years ago
Philadelphia quietly called on federal police for backup during June protests
The city’s request for National Guard troops was well-documented, but the city was also quietly requesting support from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
6 years ago
A Philly lawyer evicts people for city courts. She’s married to a judge who presides over evictions
The lawyer appointed by Philadelphia Municipal Court to officiate over evictions is married to a court judge — a conflict of interest, ethics lawyers say.
6 years ago
Listen 1:50Justice Dept says Tony Luke’s owners hid $8 million from IRS
Prosecutors are charging the iconic cheesesteak restaurant’s owners with underreporting income and falsifying tax documents.
6 years ago
Judge blocks US agents from arresting observers in Portland
Federal agents appeared to deploy tear gas early Friday to force thousands of demonstrators from crowding around the federal courthouse.
6 years ago
DOJ inspector general investigating federal agents’ actions in Portland and D.C.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the inquiry the day after Portland, Ore., Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear-gassed by federal agents.
6 years ago
Former Philly congressman convicted in Abscam sting now charged with election fraud
Former U.S. Rep. Michael “Ozzie” Myers went to prison in the 1980s for accepting a bribe in the Abscam sting. Now he’s charged with election fraud.
6 years ago
N.J. will resume some in-person jury trials as soon as September
The administrator of New Jersey courts says they can’t wait for a vaccine to resume criminal trials. He said 4,700 defendants are in jail awaiting trial.
6 years ago
Trump deploys feds to more states under ‘law-and-order’ push
Trump painted Democrat-led cities as out of control and lashed out at the “radical left." Criminal justice experts say the increase in violence in some cities is more complex.
6 years ago
“It would be only our communities — they’re not going to target white communities when they come in this city,” warned Philly NAACP's Rodney Muhammad.
6 years ago
FBI links men’s rights lawyer to N.Y., California killings
Officials say evidence ties Den Hollander, the alleged "primary subject" in an attack that killed a judge’s son and wounded her husband, to the death of Marc Angelucci.
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