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Courts & Law

In this Oct. 31, 2012 file photo, a view from the air shows the destroyed homes left in the wake of Superstorm Sandy in Ortley Beach, N.J. (Mike Groll/AP Photo, File)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

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

NPR
Housing
Race & Ethnicity
Technology

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

Marc Davis, associate pastor of the New Life Presbyterian Church looks over arrangements inside the sanctuary before a memorial service for Grace Packer, the local teen who authorities say was killed and dismembered by her adoptive mother and her boyfriend, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Glenside, Pa. (Ed Hille/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Criminal Justice

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

The entrance of a correctional facility.
Criminal Justice
Delaware

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 2:17
Albert Woodfox served more than 40 years in solitary confinement in Angola Prison in Louisiana. (photo credit, Peter Puna)
Radio Times
Criminal Justice
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Ending solitary confinement

We 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 49:45
Caleb Arnold is immigration counsel for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Immigration

A different view of justice: Philly DA appointee seeks to avoid deportation for some immigrant defendants

The process involves tough calls on criminal cases involving immigrant defendants — and pits different, politicized definitions of justice against each other.

7 years ago

Listen 5:00
James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna is currently locked down due to what the Delaware Department of Correction is calling an emergency situation. (Licensed under Creative Commons)
Delaware
Public Safety

Two 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

Homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy are seen in this April 2013 image from the Ortley Beach section of Toms River. (AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

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

In this March 14, 2019 file photo, Empire actor Jussie Smollett arrives at the Leighton Criminal Court Building for his hearing in Chicago. Smollett is accused of lying to police about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack by two men on Jan. 29 in downtown Chicago. (Matt Marton/AP Photo, File)
National

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

Special Counsel Robert Mueller walks past the White House after attending services at St. John's Episcopal Church, in Washington, Sunday, March 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Radio Times
Business
Law
Politics
Public Safety

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 49:46
Former middleweight boxing contender Rubin
The Why
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity
Sports

Re-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 14:58
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announces charges against Liberation Way, an addiction treatment center, and other involved parties with fraud and conspiracy. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Addiction

Prosecutors: 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

Michael Avenatti, attorney for Stephanie Clifford, speaks to reporters as he leaves the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Sept. 24, 2018, in Los Angeles. Avenatti has been arrested on federal bank fraud and wire fraud charges.
NPR
National
Politics

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

A Delaware police officer holds up a body camera.
Delaware
Policing

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 1:49
Attorney General William Barr leaves his home in McLean, Va., on Sunday morning, March 24, 2019. Barr is preparing a summary of the findings of the special counsel investigating Russian election interference.  The release of Barr's summary of the report's main conclusions is expected sometime Sunday. (Sait Serkan Gurbuz/AP Photo)
Politics

Mueller 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.

7 years ago

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