Courts & Law
As quest for new police recruits continues, Philly department scraps college-credit requirement
The Philadelphia Police Department has been ramping up recruitment efforts across job fairs, colleges and on social media, desperate to r ...
9 years ago
Half of Pa. municipalities rely fully on state police
And they don’t pay a dime for it. All taxpayers in Pennsylvania pay for the state police, and the state police serves all ta ...
9 years ago
Report: Thousands of pedestrian stops by Philly police illegal, racially biased
A third of the hundreds of thousands of pedestrian stops Philadelphia police officers conducted last year were done so illegally. More th ...
9 years ago
Listen 4:00Without bidding, Taser gets contract for Philly’s next phase in police body camera effort
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced ...
9 years ago
Norristown comes into focus as Cosby hearing begins
On Tuesday, as preliminary hearings in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial got underway, a swarm of media descended on the Montgomery ...
9 years ago
U.S. citizens miss out when universities assist undocumented students
It was only a matter of time. A recent article in the New York Times has declared, “ ...
10 years ago
Tiananmen and the erasure of history
The Chinese government employs falsehood and terror to blot out the memory of the murders in Tiananmen Square 25 years ago. And the econo ...
11 years ago
Philly Council discussing expanding ‘Focused Deterrence’ strategy
Philadelphia City Council members will meet today to hear about a crime-prevention program that’s showing good early results in Sou ...
11 years ago
Pa. woman found guilty of first-degree murder for pinning husband with car
A Philadelphia woman has been found guilty of first-degree murder for fatally pinning her husband to a wall with their car. T ...
12 years ago
When the law is not protection enough
A piece of wisdom from living in West Africa — when adapting to a new culture, it’s the women you want to pay attention to. No on ...
13 years ago
Delaware inmate executed after hours of legal battles
After hours of court activity, a 28-year-old man has been put to death in Delaware for a man's shooting death in Wilmington six years ago.
13 years ago
Notorious convicted killer Thomas Capano found dead in Delaware prison cell
Thomas Capano, a once-prominent Delaware attorney who was convicted of killing his mistress after a dramatic trial more than 12 years ago ...
13 years ago
Mental health gun law not effective without states’ reports
A law passed in 2008 would ensure people with a history of severe mental illness can’t purchase guns. But the federal law requires ...
14 years ago