Courts & Law
Superstorm Sandy contractor imprisoned, must pay more than $1M
A judge has sentenced a New Jersey contractor to 10 years in prison for stealing nearly $1 million in funds after Superstorm Sandy.
7 years ago
Housing Department slaps Facebook with discrimination charge
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is suing social media giant Facebook for allegedly violating the Fair Housing Act.
7 years ago
Man gets death for teen’s rape, murder, dismemberment
Jacob Sullivan, 46, had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and related charges for killing Grace Packer in 2016.
7 years ago
Bill would keep Delaware juvenile offenders out of ‘horrible’ conditions in adult prisons
Delaware has long housed violent youth offenders in adult prisons. Citing “unconscionable’’ conditions, advocates say that must end.
7 years ago
Listen 2:17We talk about solitary confinement in American prisons with Albert Woodfox, who served more then 40 years in isolation in Angola Prison, and Amy Fettig, of the ACLU.
Air Date: March 27, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:45The process involves tough calls on criminal cases involving immigrant defendants — and pits different, politicized definitions of justice against each other.
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Listen 5:00Two years after fatal prison riot, 700 cameras installed in Delaware’s largest prison
More than two years after the death of correctional officer Lt. Steven Floyd, 714 security cameras are in place throughout the Vaughn Correctional Center.
7 years ago
Superstorm Sandy contractor gets 5-year prison term for scamming homeowners
A contractor convicted of scamming eight New Jersey homeowners out of more than $247,000 following Superstorm Sandy has been sentenced to five years in state prison.
7 years ago
Attorneys: Prosecutors drop charges against Jussie Smollett
The mayor and police chief blasted the decision and stood by the investigation that concluded Smollett staged a hoax.
7 years ago
Mueller report summary; holding gun makers accountable
We discuss Attorney General William Barr's summary letter of Special Counsel Mueller's report. Then, a recent decision opening gun manufacturers to liable.
Air Date: March 26, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:46Re-entering the storm: Why new light is being shed on N.J.’s ‘Hurricane’ Carter case
N.J. boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter was convicted in 1966 of murdering three people. His conviction was later overturned. Why we still don't know exactly what happened.
Air Date: March 26, 2019
Listen 14:58Prosecutors: Bucks company ‘exploited’ drug treatment patients to defraud insurers
A grand jury found that Liberation Way orchestrated a series of schemes to profit from those in the throes of drug and alcohol addiction.
7 years ago
Attorney Michael Avenatti, sometime scourge to Trump, now faces federal charges
Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who attained national prominence as a legal antagonist of President Trump, has been arrested on federal bank fraud and wire fraud charges.
7 years ago
Wilmington police chief concerned about cost of getting body cameras
New Castle County patrol officers are using body cameras, but Wilmington and Delaware State police are still thinking it over.
7 years ago
Listen 1:49Mueller report says Trump didn’t coordinate with Russia in 2016, makes no conclusion on obstruction
President Donald Trump is claiming vindication after the Attorney General released his summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
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