Courts & Law
Judge 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 ...
9 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 ...
9 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 ...
9 years ago
Manning case highlights the plight of transgender women in men’s prisons
When President Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning ...
9 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. ...
9 years ago
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Architect in Philly collapse saw danger of unsupported wall, relied on contractor
Plato Marinakos didn't mince words Monday while on the witness stand.
9 years ago
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‘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 ...
9 years ago
Recently disclosed DNC insurance policy shows law enforcement’s contempt for protest
With much less fanfare than it received before the Democratic National Convention, the ...
9 years ago
The Bridgegate trial is finally here, and hopefully we’ll learn if others knew
When the trial of two former Christie administration staffers for their role in the closing of access lanes to the George Washington Brid ...
9 years ago
Updated: FBI searches Johnny Doc’s home, Henon’s City Hall office
State and federal authorities executed search warrants on Friday at several locations connected to influential Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty
9 years ago
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Lawyer for Philly man beaten by police accuses officer of trying to discredit client
A Philadelphia police officer who was among the cops filmed beating an unarmed man has been accused of filing trumped-up possession charg ...
10 years ago
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 ...
10 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 ...
10 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 ...
10 years ago
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Without bidding, Taser gets contract for Philly’s next phase in police body camera effort
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced ...
10 years ago