Courts & Law
Policing is changing in some Philly neighborhoods. This community program is spreading the word
A PPD pilot program changes the way police officers handle minor violations. In response, the ACLU has community ambassadors informing the public about their rights.
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Listen 3:35WHYY gun violence prevention reporter Sam Searles and Temple University student Kole Long host a panel of concerned community members.
Air Date: December 13, 2022
Listen 41:29Chester County Judge Jeffrey Sommer rejected the “free-wheeling audit of cherry-picked precincts” as Bucks, Delaware, and Montgomery counties grapple with similar petitions.
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A Commonwealth Court panel on Friday ruled against the city in two pending cases, the latest decision in the legal battle that has surrounded the statue for nearly three years
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Nearly a million adults became U.S. citizens this past year, a record high since 2008
Despite setbacks caused by the pandemic, the federal government naturalized a record number of adult immigrants this year and reduced its application backlog by nearly half.
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GOP sues over special elections in Pa. House majority battle
Rep. Bryan Cutler of Lancaster in a lawsuit filed late Friday asked Commonwealth Court to issue an injunction against special elections his Democratic counterpart scheduled.
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‘He will be missed’: Wilmington police chief hired to lead St. Louis PD
Chief Robert Tracy started his tenure in 2017, during a record year for shootings. Gun violence has fallen, risen, and fallen again during that time.
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Listen 1:35Philly landlord faces discrimination lawsuit over treatment of residents with housing vouchers
The complaint alleges that ProManaged Inc. violated federal housing laws by openly barring voucher holders from renting in majority-white neighborhoods.
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Cruel and unusual: How the justice system is failing Mumia Abu-Jamal
Patterns of misconduct in Abu-Jamal’s case have convinced people that his constitutional right to equal justice under the law was violated, argues Linn Washington.
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Dispute over Pa. House special elections, control likely heading to court
Democrats say they control the Pennsylvania House after winning a majority of seats during the Nov. 8 midterm election.
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Brittney Griner freed in U.S.-Russia prisoner swap
The deal, the second such exchange in eight months with Russia, procured the release of the most prominent American detained abroad.
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Philly’s Safehouse pushes DOJ for earlier decision on the legality of supervised injection sites
Philadelphia’s Safehouse says the U.S. Department of Justice is out of time to make a decision on supervised injection sites.
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DOJ subpoenas election officials in Pa. and other states Trump disputed
The requests are the first known subpoenas by Smith, who was named last month as special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
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Cosby, NBC, studio face new sex abuse lawsuit from 5 in N.Y.
The lawsuit comes more than a year after Cosby left prison after his 2018 sexual assault conviction in Pennsylvania was overturned.
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Former President Donald Trump’s company is found guilty of criminal tax fraud
Trump and his company have repeatedly faced criminal investigations but this case marks the first time his company has been charged, tried, and convicted on criminal charges.
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