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Civil lawsuits in the 2015 Amtrak derailment get consolidated
Dozens of new lawsuits filed by victims of the fatal Amtrak train 188 derailment in Philadelphia have been added to a consolidated case i ...
9 years ago
Chaka Fattah Jr. to be sentenced Tuesday
Chaka Fattah Jr., the son of the U.S. Congressman of Philadelphia, has a sentencing hearing on Tuesday in federal court. It comes after&n ...
9 years ago
Settlement of civil rights complaint by former prosecutor still rankles Philly DA
If Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams had his way, the city wouldn’t have paid a six-figure sum to a former prosecutor wh ...
9 years ago
Lawyers’ plea to quit Fattah’s defense denied by federal judge
If the testimony of attorneys for U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah ...
9 years ago
Judge questions whether Congressman Fattah has priorities straight
U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah is attorney shopping for his May corruption trial, which could span eight weeks, after his lawyers told the court ...
9 years ago
ListenAfter Supreme Court ruling, ‘juvenile lifers’ now have chance for new hearings
More than 2,000 inmates across the country sentenced to life in prison as juveniles are now eligible for new hearings. The U.S. Su ...
9 years ago
After monster storm, some may be stuck in neutral for days
As more than 20 inches of snow from the weekend winter storm starts to melt across Philadelphia, many residents are still waiting for the ...
9 years ago
With half of 2015’s murders unsolved, effect of Philly cash rewards is questioned
On Oct. 12, three teenage boys with bandannas covering their faces broke into a home on Ruby Street in Southwest Philadelphia, hellbent o ...
9 years ago
ListenCan Cosby’s claim that a press release is a legal contract hold water?
Bill Cosby’s upcoming hearing in Montgomery County has taken an odd turn into the world of contract law. Cosby’s attor ...
9 years ago
Saying he hasn’t been paid, attorney wants to cut ties with Fattah Sr.
U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah’s attorney has given up on the cash-strapped congressman for treating the representation basicially like a p ...
9 years ago
Pennsylvania murder case could be first challenge to capital punishment in decades
Can a convicted killer from Pennsylvania help topple the country’s death-penalty laws? Activists who’ve long sought to ...
9 years ago
ListenFattah seeks hearing on FBI agent’s disclosure to reporter as route to dismiss indictment
U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah is hoping that a revelation that emerged during his son’s federal trial can be used to unravel the 29-count ...
9 years ago