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Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
PlanPhilly

Police Commissioner rejects key Starbucks arrest report recommendation

The PPD agrees that anti-racist training could help officers de-escalate conflicts but can’t commit to providing that training.

8 years ago

Young Asian-American student holding books at chalkboard. (Deborah Lee/NPR)
NPR
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Gender
Higher Education
Race & Ethnicity

What to know about affirmative action as the Harvard trial begins

8 years ago

A man displays his concealed handgun in this 2013 file photo. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)
Delaware
Public Spaces

Delaware judge rules gun restrictions in state parks unconstitutional

The Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association and other gun advocates took fault with the stipulations and filed a lawsuit.

8 years ago

John Wetzel, Secretary of Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections, in a 2018 file photo. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Mental Health
Pennsylvania

Pa. launches center to help counties reduce prison population with mental illness

Pennsylvania leaders are teaming up in an effort to reduce the number of people with mental illness in county jails across the commonweal ...

8 years ago

Down the Shore
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Shore couple sentenced for stealing $1.4M from Sandy victims

A New Jersey couple faced a judge Friday to learn their fate after admitting to stealing from more than 20 Sandy victims.

8 years ago

In this Nov. 20, 2008, file photo, the execution chamber at the Washington State Penitentiary is shown with the witness gallery behind glass at right, in Walla Walla, Wash. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo, File)
NPR
Criminal Justice
National

Washington state strikes down death penalty, citing racial bias

"We are confident that the association between race and the death penalty is not attributed to random chance," the justices wrote in a majority opinion.

8 years ago

Four people are charged with murder, kidnapping and other crimes in the February 2017 riot at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. (WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware

Jury chosen for upcoming Vaughn prison trial

The trial is expected to begin Oct. 22 and continue for about a month.

8 years ago

Donna Clement-Jackson, the godmother of David Jones, stands with other supporters of Jones after a court hearing for former Philadelphia Police officer Ryan Pownall, who is being charged in the death of Jones.  (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly judge lowers charges against Pownall in suspect’s death, releases ex-cop on bail

Former Philadelphia police officer Ryan Pownall, the first cop to be charged with murder in nearly two decades,  was released Thursday a ...

8 years ago

Bill Cosby makes a face instead of answering a question from WHYY's Bobby Allyn about his retrial in April
Pennsylvania

Not real news: Was Bill Cosby in a prison food fight?

Inmate No. NN7687 was not slapped with a chicken patty during a food fight.

8 years ago

Harvey Weinstein, (center), arrives to court in New York, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018.  Weinstein is set to appear before a judge as his lawyers try to get the charges dismissed in his criminal case. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
National

New York City prosecutors drop part of Harvey Weinstein case

Weinstein is free on $1 million bail and is due back in court Dec. 20.

8 years ago

Carmela Apolonio Hernandez (center), and her daughter Keyri (right), wait in the lobby of 2000 Market Street for a visit with Senator Bob Casey’s staff Wednesday morning. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Immigration
Philadelphia

Undocumented mother leaves N. Philly sanctuary to plead for help from Casey

An undocumented woman from Mexico who's been living in a church in North Philadelphia since last December occupied U.S. Sen. Bob Casey's office in Center City.

8 years ago

The state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. legislature votes to give incumbent judges a break on signature requirements

Supporters argue that district judges tend to make more personal enemies than other officials.

8 years ago

Police office guards the main entrance to the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
Immigration
Law
National

Supreme Court considering case on detention of immigrants

An immigration case before the Supreme Court pits the government against immigrants it wants to deport following crimes they have committed in the United States.

8 years ago

In this Friday, Aug. 24, 2018 photo, Sarah Zuidema, a former Bethany Christian Services supervisor, poses in Grand Rapids, Mich. As the agency started receiving more Central American children, several former Bethany social workers said they were encouraged to recruit new foster families at the agency’s traditional base, the Christian Reformed Church, and other local churches. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
Immigration
Kids

AP Investigation: Deported parents may lose kids to adoption

John Sandweg, who headed ICE under the Obama administration, said he worries that many more migrant children recently taken from their families may never see them again.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 7th and Race streets (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing

DA: No charges in death of man shot by police in home

Police commissioner Richard Ross called the shooting "an all-out, absolute tragedy."

8 years ago

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