
Courts & Law
Shore man gets 26-year prison term for stealing $1.5M from clients
A disbarred lawyer convicted of stealing about $1.5 million overall from five clients, including the trust fund of a young boy whose father died in a workplace accident, is no
7 years ago
#MeToo movement expected to bring different dynamic to Cosby retrial
How will the #MeToo conversation seep into our criminal justice system and the Cosby retrial?
7 years ago
Philly taxicab drivers down, but not out, after losing federal appeal against Uber
Despite taking a bruising legal hit in federal court this week, some Philadelphia cabbies say they’re not worried ride-hailing companies like Uber will drive them out of town.
7 years ago
Cosby defense takes different tack, claiming accuser plotted to extort celebrity
Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill rules jury will be sequestered during retrial on sex assault charges.
7 years ago
The 5 other accusers chosen to testify at Cosby’s retrial
The accusers, including model Janice Dickinson, were chosen from a group of eight women whose allegations date as far back as the early 1980s.
7 years ago
Sessions pushes to speed up immigration courts, deportations
The attorney general may also limit when judges can grant continuances, and who qualifies for asylum in the United States.
7 years ago
Philly DA wants prison costs included as judge calculates offender’s debt to society
Larry Krasner's direction to prosecutors is igniting a debate about whether the price tag of punishment belongs in courtrooms.
7 years ago
Listen 4:45Corruption case of former Philly sheriff goes to jury
John Green served as city sheriff for 22 years. He's accused of directing contracts to companies owned by a friend who allegedly rewarded him with lavish payments.
7 years ago
A needle in a legal haystack could sink a major Supreme Court privacy case
Can a U.S. technology company can refuse to honor a court-ordered U.S. search warrant seeking information that is stored at a facility outside the United States.
7 years ago
Judge tosses involuntary manslaughter charges in frat death
It's the second major blow to the prosecution's case.
7 years ago
Police deem suspicious item found at recycling center safe
A suspicious item discovered at an Ocean County recycling facility Tuesday evening was ultimately deemed harmless. An employee at ...
7 years ago
Top public defender says ‘automatic detainers’ are illegal, swelling Philly jail population
In a confidential memo, Philadelphia’s top public defender accuses the city’s court system of systemically depriving thousands of people of their due process rights.
7 years ago
Listen 2:542 officers in black man’s fatal shooting won’t be charged
Louisiana's attorney general ruled out criminal charges Tuesday against two white Baton Rouge police officers in the fatal shooting of a black man outside a convenience store.
7 years ago
N.J. lawmaker wants to roll back criminal justice changes, bring back cash bail
Assemblyman John McKeon, D-Essex, has proposed returning to judges the power to require monetary bail amounts for any criminal defendant.
7 years ago