Criminal Justice
Lancaster County tops list for charging heroin dealers with homicide
Lancaster County pursues drug-induced homicide charges more than any other county in the United States, according to a recent report from data gathering project Mission LISA.
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Juvenile court judges waking up to trauma’s effect on kids
If one is looking for the most traumatized youths in Philadelphia, a good starting place might be the cou
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Algorithm to reform criminal sentencing in Pa. faces deluge of criticism
The algorithm is supposed to make the criminal sentencing in Pa. fairer. Critics say it will exacerbate inequities.
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Pa. Supreme Court rules employers legally responsible for protecting workers’ sensitive data
In a recent ruling, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said that employers are legally responsible for protec
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Former Pa. Attorney General Kane loses appeal, may soon head to jail
The former top prosecutor for the state of Pennsylvania is likely to soon be behind bars, more than two years after she was convicted and
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Pa. Department of Corrections to provide costly hepatitis C treatment to nearly 5,000 inmates
Pa.'s DOC has agreed to treat the state’s nearly 5,000 inmates with hepatitis C over the next three years.
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Exonerated death-row inmates push Pa. to abolish capital punishment
Witness to Innocence, a national anti-death penalty organization based in Philadelphia,
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New lawsuit against Pa. Catholic dioceses demands more secrets be revealed
Two people who have accused priests of molestation in Philadelphia have filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and
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Should the accused Tree of Life shooter be executed? It depends on who you ask
The Tree of Life shooting, which left 11 Jewish worshippe
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Clergy abuse victims fund launches in Philadelphia, other Pa. dioceses to come
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s new victim’s compensation program is up and running, less than a
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Dorothy Johnson-Speight still holds the burden of a mother’s pain.
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ACLU sues Pennsylvania over stricter policy on prison mail
Instead of directly giving inmates letters from their lawyers, the DOC now photocopies them in front of recipients, then temporarily retains the original.
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One thing Pa. gubernatorial candidates agree on: Criminal justice system needs change
Seven nights a week, Ronald Lewis drives from Germantown to South Philadelphia to watch over a hulking boiler inside a chemical plant as
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Pa. launches center to help counties reduce prison population with mental illness
Pennsylvania leaders are teaming up in an effort to reduce the number of people with mental illness in county jails across the commonweal
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Protesters plan to confront Wolf over new Pa. prison policies
Inmates’ rights groups are trying to turn their opposition to recent state prison policies into a campaign is
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