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Criminal Justice

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Down the Shore
Courts & Law

2 Sandy contractors charged with theft

Two contractors hired by homeowners seeking to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy in New Jersey are facing theft changes, authorities say. 

7 years ago

Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane arrives at Montgomery County courthouse
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

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 ...

7 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks at a “No Cash Bail” event with bail navigator LaTonya Myers and Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Malcolm Jenkins backs changes to Philly’s cash-bail system he says ‘punishes poverty’

Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins joined Philadelphia's two top attorneys in calling on judges to consider their cause when setting bail amounts for defendants.

7 years ago

New Jersey State Prison in Trenton.
Courts & Law

Push to end disenfranchisement for N.J. inmates moving ahead

An “ambitious” bill restoring voting rights to tens of thousands of current and former inmates in New Jersey is moving slowly through the state Legislature.

7 years ago

The Pulse
Science

The Difference a Gun Makes

A gun can change a moment, a life, a family, an entire neighborhood. Like a catalyst in a chemical reaction, guns have a unique ability t ...

Air Date: November 22, 2018

Listen 49:10
Officers at the Cumberland County Prison walk the halls in Carlisle, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

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.

7 years ago

Inmate firefighters battle a California wildfire in July. Qualified inmates can volunteer to be trained in firefighting; in exchange, they are paid $2 a day and an extra $1 per hour when fighting fires. The inmate firefighters also receive sentence reductions.
(Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Serving time, and fighting California wildfires for $2 a day

For $2 per day — and another $1 an hour when battling fires — qualified inmates can volunteer to help authorities combat fires.

7 years ago

Larry Krasner is District Attorney of Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly DA says he’s striving for justice not harshest sentence in homicide cases

Some family of murder victims have called this approach unjust.

7 years ago

Listen 1:13
At the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia Thursday, the national anti-death penalty organization Witness to Innocence calls for Pennsylvania to abolish the death penalty. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Exonerated death-row inmates push Pa. to abolish capital punishment

Witness to Innocence, a national anti-death penalty organization based in Philadelphia, ...

7 years ago

Attorney Jeff Anderson announces a suit against the Pennsylvania’s eight Catholic dioceses on behalf of victims of clergy child sexual abuse. He is joined by victim Daniel Hillanbrand and Hillanbrand’s wife, Donna. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

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 ...

7 years ago

Listen 1:22
A rally took place at Point State Park Friday, November 9, 2018, to honor the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting. (Virginia Alvino Young/WESA)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

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 ...

7 years ago

Listen 4:51
A guard tower and razor wire at New Jersey Department of Corrections Riverfront State Prison are seen in Camden, N.J., not far from the span, left, of the Benjamin Franklin bridge that crosses the Delaware River to Philadelphia.
Courts & Law
NJ Spotlight

New Jersey’s recidivism rate plummets 19 percent over past six years

New Jersey’s rate of prison recidivism has dropped by 19 percent over six years, with fewer than three in 10 of those released winding up reincarcerated within three years.

7 years ago

left to right: Kwame Ajamu, Kirk Bloodsworth (AP)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Death row exonerees speak out

Guests: Kirk Bloodsworth, Kwame Ajamu, Helen Prejan Being sentenced to death row for a crime you did not commit i ...

Air Date: November 15, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Cherry Hill, NJ lawyer Evan M. Levow is shown with an Alcotest 7110 MKIII-C machine at his office  in Cherry Hill, N.J., in a Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005 file photo. The Alcotest, the successor to the Breathalyzer machine, is under scrutiny as the state Supreme Court considers an appeal challenging whether the machine provides reliable blood-alcohol level readings. (Jose F. Moreno/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

20,000 DWI cases cast in doubt by N.J. Supreme Court ruling

On Tuesday, the New Jersey Supreme Court threw out the results of breathalyzer tests managed by an indicted staete police sergeant. Now, ...

7 years ago

In this Oct. 28, 2018, file photo a Pittsburgh Police officer walks past the Tree of Life Synagogue and a memorial of flowers and stars in Pittsburgh in remembrance of those killed and injured when a shooter opened fire during services Saturday at the synagogue. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Man tied to synagogue shooting suspect arrested

The FBI says a self-described white nationalist with a social media connection to the suspect in last month's Pittsburgh synagogue massacre has been arrested.

7 years ago

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