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Courts & Law

The State Correctional Institution at Phoenix is in Collegeville. On its own, Pennsylvania sentences more prisoners to life terms than any country in the world. (Jacqueline Larma/AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Policing

Pennsylvania leads world in imposing life sentences

Life without parole applies automatically to first- and second-degree murder, and sometimes to third-degree murder.

7 years ago

In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, file photo Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk speaks after announcing Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa as the first private passenger on a trip around the moon in Hawthorne, Calif. Tesla Inc. has turned over documents to the U.S. Justice Department after statements by Musk about taking the company private, the electric car maker confirmed Tuesday, Sept. 18. (Chris Carlson/AP Photo, File)
Business

Tesla says it has turned over documents to feds

Tesla has turned over documents to the DOJ after statements by CEO Elon Musk about taking the company private.

7 years ago

Immigration authorities have been skipping a step in the process: When they served notices to appear in court, they routinely left the court date blank. Because of that omission and a recent Supreme Court decision, tens of thousands of deportation cases could be delayed, or tossed out altogether. (Liam James Doyle/NPR)
NPR
Immigration
National

Supreme Court ruling means thousands of deportation cases may be tossed out

A seemingly minor technicality has big implications.

7 years ago

People listen as names are read off a list of who will cross into the United States to begin the process of applying for asylum Thursday, July 26, 2018, near the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico. As the Trump administration faced a court-imposed deadline Thursday to reunite thousands of children and parents who were forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, asylum seekers continue to arrive to cities like Tijuana, hoping to plead their cases with U.S. authorities. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Radio Times
Immigration
Politics

Seeking asylum

Guests: Ayodele Gansallo, David Glosser, Lee Gelernt To qualify for asylum in the United States, you have to prov ...

Air Date: September 18, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
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)
Criminal Justice

Camille Cosby wants ethics board to investigate judge

Days before Bill Cosby's scheduled sentencing on felony sex assault charges, his wife demanded Monday that a Pa. ethics board investigate the judge over what she says is bias.

7 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill September 6, 2018.
NPR
Gender
Government Accountability

Kavanaugh and accuser to testify publicly before senators next week

"Her recollection of these events is crystal clear," Ford's attorney Lisa Banks told Morning Edition.

7 years ago

City Councilman David Oh.
Housing
Philadelphia

Controversial anti-squatting bill becomes law in Philadelphia

Housing advocates fear the law will do far more harm than good — to homeowners and legal tenants.

7 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 6, 2018. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics

Calls grow to delay Kavanaugh vote after accuser goes public

The woman, Christine Blasey Ford, spoke to the Post on the record and confirmed details that had previously been reported in other outlets, including The New Yorker.

7 years ago

Samantha Jones, 30, of Chalfont, is led into Magisterial Judge Jean Seaman's District Court in Warwick Township on Friday July 13, 2018, for her arraignment on homicide charges of killing her 11-month-old son through her drug-laced breast milk.
Addiction
Criminal Justice
Home & Family

Bucks prosecution of nursing mom in baby’s death triggers alarm on addiction treatment

The homicide prosecution of an addicted mother whose infant son died after breastfeeding is considered a test case of how far a district attorney can go to address opioids.

7 years ago

Listen 5:28
Newly sworn-in U.S. citizens gather for a naturalization ceremony in Alexandria, Va., in August. A potential trial over a new 2020 census citizenship question is set to start on Nov. 5 in New York City. (Claire Harbage/NPR)
NPR
Politics

Census citizenship question trial could start day before midterm elections

The hearing did not resolve whether two key Trump administration officials involved with the citizenship question will be deposed for the lawsuits.

7 years ago

The Trump International Hotel is seen, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, in Washington.
NPR
National
Politics

Emoluments lawsuit moves a step closer to Trump

The proposal is one of several for "document discovery" in the historic civil suit against the president.

7 years ago

This courtroom sketch depicts former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, (center), and his defense lawyer Richard Westling, (left), before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, (seated upper right), at federal court in Washington, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, as prosecutors Andrew Weissmann, (bottom center), and Greg Andres watch. Manafort has pleaded guilty to two federal charges as part of a cooperation deal with prosecutors. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)
National
Politics

Manafort plea deal begs key question: What does he know?

What information is Manafort able to provide about the president?

7 years ago

Yu Xue, left, accompanied by her attorney Peter Zeidenberg attempts to block her face with her bag as they exit the federal courthouse in Philadelphia last month. A co-conspirator, Tao Li, pleaded guilty Friday to stealing biopharmaceutical trade secrets from GlaxoSmithKline in what prosecutors said was a scheme to set up companies in China to market them. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
International
Technology

Researcher tried to steal GSK drug secrets in case involving Upper Merion workers

Tao Li, 45, of San Diego, conspired to steal confidential information from the pharmaceutical giant about anti-cancer drugs under development.

7 years ago

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, testifies during his is Senate Judiciary committee confirmation hearing on Sept. 6. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
National

Kavanaugh denies allegation of sexual misconduct during high school

Kavanaugh strongly pushed back on an allegation of sexual misconduct from more than 30 years ago.

7 years ago

Laura Fredricks reads a statement regarding the settlement with Gold Medal Environmental about her daughter's death.  (Jim Saksa/PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Transportation
PlanPhilly

$6M settlement for family of cyclist killed in Philly bike lane; planned safety fixes remain incomplete

Emily Fredrick’s mother, Laura, spoke on behalf of the family, her voice cracking with emotion.

7 years ago

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