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Courts & Law

Bill Cosby is taken away in handcuffs after he was sentenced to three-to 10-years for felony sexual assault on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in Norristown, Pa.  (Mark Makela/Pool Photo via AP)
Pennsylvania

Cosby renews attacks on trial judge as he seeks bail

They complain that Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill has not issued a post-trial opinion explaining key trial decisions in the seven months since Cosby's sentencing.

7 years ago

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office (Angela Gervasi/Billy Penn)
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Prosecutors’ offices lack diversity nationwide. DA Krasner says he’s working on a fix.

Nearly nine out of 10 people in Philadelphia’s jail system are people of color. The prosecutors who charge them with crimes? Quite the opposite.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Criminal Justice
Policing

Mark Bowden on a cold case and the criminal mind

Author Mark Bowden examines the 1975 murder of two young sisters in suburban Washington D.C. , the detectives who broke the cold case, and their interrogation of the suspect.

Air Date: April 24, 2019 10:00 am

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Berks County, with the city of Reading, Pa. at its heart, has become a statewide leader in civil asset forfeiture. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Policing

Cash grab: As asset forfeiture quietly expands across Pa., abuses follow

As counties have scaled up the practice to fund local police, our investigation found that seemingly innocent people are getting caught in the rush for cash.

7 years ago

Listen 6:02
Trenton Police
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Trenton cop, former officer arrested by FBI after alleged assaults

Discrepancy between surveillance, bodycam footage and officer reports is foundation for arrest of Trenton cop, former officer.

7 years ago

Attorney Jeff Anderson, left, survivor and advocate Birdie Farrell, right, hold a press conference to release the names of more than 130 Boy Scout leaders who worked in New York and were named in Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
New Jersey
Public Safety

Attorneys release names of Boy Scout leaders accused of sexual abuse in New Jersey

Attorneys released the names of Boy Scout leaders accused of molestation in N.J. and called on Gov. Murphy to sign a measure expanding the civil statute of limitations.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Pennsylvania

Bill Cosby fighting $1M a month legal bill in arbitration

Cosby accused the firm in a petition of elder abuse and "egregious" billing practices, and of fraud for representing both him and AIG, whom he's also fighting court.

7 years ago

Geoffrey S. Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference announcing charges against Rochester Drug Co-Operative Laurence Doud III, Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in New York. The former head of a drug distributor has been indicted on what federal prosecutors say are the first-ever criminal charges against a drug company executive stemming from the opioid crisis. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Addiction
Business
Medicine

Feds: Ex-CEO is first drug exec indicted in opioid crisis

The indictment alleges former Rochester Drug Co-Operative CEO Laurence Doud III ordered subordinates to ignore red flags about pharmacy customers to maximize company revenue.

7 years ago

In this Friday, March 22, 2019 photo, Paige Dellafave-DeRosa, a processing supervisor at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., sorts marijuana buds. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey

Medical marijuana users could get job protections under N.J. court ruling

The state's medical marijuana law doesn’t require employers to accommodate workers who use prescribed marijuana, but an appeals court finds a state law may protect them.

7 years ago

Color image of a gavel in a courtroom.
Home & Family
LGBTQ

Court sides with Philly over same-sex parents in foster care

Philadelphia can require that contractor Catholic Social Services does not discriminate against same-sex couples in its foster care program, a federal appeals court ruled

7 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up three cases that hinge on federal discrimination laws and whether they protect LGBTQ workers when its new term begins in October. (Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
LGBTQ

Supreme Court will hear cases on LGBTQ discrimination protections for employees

The Supreme Court has accepted three cases that ask whether federal anti-discrimination laws should apply to sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace.

7 years ago

Several VisionQuest employees are seen departing in small groups from the North Broad Streetlocation to join other employees and members of the community at a March 2019 meeting at the nearby Old York House. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Immigration
Philadelphia

VisionQuest sues Philly over ‘discriminatory’ immigrant youth shelter decision

VisionQuest is suing Philly for allegedly discriminating against Latinos in its decision to block the opening of a shelter for 60 unaccompanied immigrant minors.

7 years ago

Inmates at the Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala., are taking college classes with Auburn University professors. (LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Criminal Justice

Congress considers making college more accessible to people in prison

A bipartisan group of lawmakers across the House and the Senate introduced a bill that would allow people in prison access to federal Pell grants to pay for college.

7 years ago

Central American migrants, part of a caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, move on the road in Escuintla, Chiapas State, Mexico, Saturday, April 20, 2019. Thousands of migrants in several different caravans have been gathering in Chiapas in recent days and weeks. (Moises Castillo/AP Photo)
Immigration

Frustration grows among migrants in Mexico as support fades

The outpouring of aid that once greeted Central American migrants as they trekked in caravans through southern Mexico has been drying up.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Immigration

Accuracy at core of Supreme Court case over census question

The fight over the census question is the latest over immigration-related issues between Democratic-led states and advocates for immigrants and the White House administration.

7 years ago

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