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Courts & Law

Mayor Jim Kenney joins judicial leadership at the introduction for Philadelphia Safe Return, at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, on Wednesday April 25, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight

Opening church doors, closing cases of Philly defendants

During three days of hearings at Cheltenham church, those with city warrants can resolve longstanding cases.

7 years ago

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Wilmington Trust (File photo)
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Wilmington Trust trial goes to the jury

After six and a half weeks of trial, attorneys representing four former Wilmington Trust executives accused of bank fraud concluded their closing arguments.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa.

Jury gets case after Cosby painted as predator, victim

The jury in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case began deliberating Wednesday in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era

7 years ago

Wilmington Trust (File photo)
Delaware

Defense attorneys in Wilmington Trust case say loan extensions were not illegal

Closing arguments continued Tuesday during the seventh week in the trial of four former Wilmington Trust executives accused of bank fraud.

7 years ago

Collection of hunting rifles (Bigstockphoto.com)
Delaware
Mental Health
Public Safety

Del. Senate passes bill to keep guns out of the hands of mentally ill

The mental health bill would keep firearms out of the hands of those who present a danger to themselves or others.

7 years ago

Rapper Meek Mill comes out to ring the ceremonial Liberty Bell replica before Tuesday’s first-round NBA playoff game in Philadelphia Tuesday night. (Chris Szagola/AP)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Philly rapper Meek Mill out on bail, flies to Sixers game

On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court ordered a lower court to immediately grant Mill bail.

7 years ago

Dauphin County Coroner Graham Hetrick and Assistant Chief Deputy Coroner Lynn Choborda discuss blood test results. Like many Pennsylvania counties, Dauphin has had a steady increase in drug overdose deaths. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
WITF
NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Pennsylvania

Why Pa. counties are suing OxyContin drug maker

Any recovery from the lawsuits won't ease the financial burdens for many others affected by the financial costs of the crisis.

7 years ago

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner speaks at City Council (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Philly DA says more money needed for restorative justice programs

Philadelphia's District Attorney says the city has made progress in the just over 100 days he's been in office.

7 years ago

Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly (Julio Cortez and Seth Wenig/AP Photos, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Bridgegate defendants appeal their convictions in federal court

Two allies of former Republican Gov. Chris Christie are hoping to overturn their 2016 criminal convictions for their roles in closing lanes on the George Washington Bridge.

7 years ago

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Bill Cosby arrives with his wife, Camille, for his sexual assault trial, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Criminal Justice

Lawyers on both sides lodge ‘con artist’ accusations ahead of Cosby jury deliberations

Prosecutors say defense is ‘partially right’ in using the term, but says it applies to Cosby.

7 years ago

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Six former officers of Wilmington Trust have been sentenced to prison for financial crimes. (image via Google Maps)
Business
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Closing arguments begin in Wilmington Trust fraud trial

Robert Harra, David Gibson, William North and Kevyn Rakowski are accused of hiding millions in bad loans on the bank’s books

7 years ago

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby, (left), walks with his spokesman Andrew Wyatt, during his sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, April 23, 2018. (Jessica Kourkounis/Pool Photo via AP)
NewsWorks Tonight
Criminal Justice

Cosby declines to take the stand as his defense rests its case

Cosby faces three counts of aggravated indecent assault.

7 years ago

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Berks County Residential Center.  (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Immigration
Pennsylvania
Social Justice

Amid licensing limbo, immigration advocates push to shut down Pa. detention center

Immigrants' rights advocates have launched two initiatives, trying to pressure the state government to close down the detention center.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby departs after his sexual assault trial, Friday, April 20, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown.

Elusive witness still a no-show at Cosby trial

Defense attorneys want Williams — once a close friend of chief accuser Andrea Constand — to talk about how Constand willingly participated in a pyramid business scheme.

7 years ago

U.S. Attorney William McSwain (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Immigration
International
Law

Delco man sentenced to 30 years for hiding warlord past

A federal judge has sentenced Mohammed Jabbateh to 30 years in prison for lying to U.S. immigration officials about being a brutal warlord during Liberia's first civil war.

7 years ago

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