
Courts & Law
Cosby Unraveled – all episodes
Comedian. Beloved television star. “America’s Dad.” Accused sexual predator. In June 2017, Bill Cosby faces a jury that will determ ...
8 years ago
Philly should relieve eviction crisis by funding legal representation for low-income tenants
In the nation’s poorest big city, with an overburdened shelter system that regularly turns away requests for housing, our eviction rate ...
8 years ago
Derek Walcott’s sexual harassment problem, and ours
In 2009, the Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott withdrew his name from consideration for the honorary position of professor of poetry at Oxford ...
8 years ago
Chris Hayes: “A Colony in a Nation”
Guest: Chris Hayes There are two American criminal justice systems – one you’d expect to find in a democracy, ...
Air Date: March 23, 2017
Listen 00:49:00Conflict of interest in FOP endorsement of Philly DA candidate
One of the most complicated and delicate relationships a district attorney must balance is their relationship with the police. ...
8 years ago
Former inmates, relatives claim Delaware prisoners abused, denied proper health care
Delaware prisoners are subjected to widespread abuse by guards and inadequate health care, more than two dozen former inmates, relatives ...
8 years ago
Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee refuses to stand up for ordinary working Americans
From the cops policing our streets to the judges in our courts, our justice system is one of the most important demonstrations ...
8 years ago
Guests: Nancy Baron-Baer, Tarek El-Messidi, Josh Shapiro Bomb threats, cemetery desecration and swastika graffiti ...
Air Date: March 3, 2017
Listen 00:49:00Judge rules Philly man beaten by police was stopped illegally
A Pennsylvania state judge has ruled that police illegally stopped a 22-year-old unarmed black man in East Germantown in 2015 before a do ...
8 years ago
Philadelphia deserves a good district attorney. What does that mean?
Philadelphia is about to enter a race to elect the most powerful person in the Pennsylvania criminal justice system. Philly being a Democ ...
8 years ago
Saying ‘No’ is not client betrayal
Sally Yates’ refusal to order the Department of Justice to defend Donald Trump’s immigration/refugee ban was decried as betra ...
8 years ago
Manning case highlights the plight of transgender women in men’s prisons
When President Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning ...
8 years ago
Defendant’s quest for second look at case can outlast sentence in Philly
Police had their eye on Emma Turner’s Aramingo Avenue house long before November 2006. But that’s when she learned about it. ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:44Architect in Philly collapse saw danger of unsupported wall, relied on contractor
Plato Marinakos didn't mince words Monday while on the witness stand.
8 years ago
Listen 1:24‘Truth and reconciliation’ through police transparency in the Black Lives Matter era
A remarkable series of transparency victories in policing has occurred in Chicago over the last year, victories that can inform the gener ...
8 years ago