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Criminal Justice

Carolyn Fortney, center, hugs her son Elias, 11, during a press conference in the state Capitol Building on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in support of legislation that would change the statute of limitations for child sex crimes. Carolyn is one of five sisters in the Fortney family to suffer from abuse by a priest. Others in the photograph are Judy Deaven, left, whose son Joey Behe was abused by a priest and died of an overdose in 2015; Carolyn's sister Patty Fortney-Julius, i stripped shirt, who was also abused, and the sisters' father, Edward Fortney, right. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Leaders in Pa. Senate want changes to child sex abuse bill as passed by House

On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill that would make it easier for victims of child se ...

7 years ago

A parishioner celebrates communion at the Cathedral Church of Saint Patrick in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. Supreme Court to hear arguments Wednesday over redactions in clergy sex abuse report

On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will weigh arguments over redactions in the explosive grand ...

7 years ago

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Kelly Williams carries a sign voicing support for legislation that would change the statute of limitations for child sex crimes, during a march in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. At right is her husband Brent. A proposal to give victims of child sexual abuse a two-year window to sue over allegations that would otherwise be too old to pursue was overwhelmingly approved by the state House on Monday, as supporters cheered from the gallery. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. House moves key amendment allowing retroactive child sex abuse suits

The state House has approved an amendment that would open a two-year window for child sex abuse victims to file ...

7 years ago

Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives advanced a measure to outlaw automatic deductions from state workers’ paychecks.debate.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

After months of waiting, gun protection bill up for a vote in Pa. House

The state House is expected to pass a proposal Tuesday making it hard ...

7 years ago

New Castle County police chief Col. Vaughn Bond announces that Kwesi Hudson, 47, has been charged in a series of sexual assaults and robberies involving female victims. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Man charged with series of Delaware sexual assaults, robberies

A 47-year-old Claymont-area man has been charged for a series of sexual assaults and robberies involving female victims in suburban New Castle County.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Courts & Law

At Cosby sentencing hearing, Constand family says he ruined lives

If the court listens to the prosecution, 81-year-old Cosby will receive the maximum possible punishment under the law of 10 years in state prison.

7 years ago

Officials are now investigating how the Delaware forensic lab, which had a scandal involving stolen drug evidence in 2014, also failed to enter nearly 1,600 DNA samples over 12 years into a federal database authorities use to solve cases. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Del. investigating how 1,600 DNA samples were not added to federal database

State forensic lab failed to enter 1,600 samples of convicted felons from 2002 to 2014 into CODIS.

7 years ago

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby reacts while being notified that the verdict was in during his sexual assault retrial, Thursday, April, 26, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (Mark Makela/Pool Photo via AP)
Courts & Law

Bill Cosby’s sentencing: how we got here, what his punishment could be

The sentencing hearing may conclude with Cosby losing his freedom for the rest of his life, but his attorneys are expected to appeal.

7 years ago

Cells are shown at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa., an outlier in life-without-parole, faces growing push for change

Pennsylvania sentences more people to life in prison without the possibility of parole than any other state.

7 years ago

Mary McHale speaks at a press conference on recommendations by 40th Statewide Grand Jury, at the office of the Attorney General, in Norristown, PA, on Tuesday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

AG Shapiro, Pa. lawmakers push for action on grand jury recommendations following clergy sex abuse report

The grand jury report named 301 predator priests, but noted it had information on more than 400, and more than 1,000 victims in the state.

7 years ago

Listen 1:35
African-American leaders are calling for an end to violence in the city. Mel Wells, who runs the same group One Day at a Time, said generations of men are being killed. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

African-American leaders call for cease-fire on Philadelphia streets

Group organizers push for stronger community ties to help bring an end to the rampant gunfire that claims victims almost daily.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives with his wife, Camille, for his sexual assault trial, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Camille Cosby wants ethics board to investigate judge

Days before Bill Cosby's scheduled sentencing on felony sex assault charges, his wife demanded Monday that a Pa. ethics board investigate the judge over what she says is bias.

7 years ago

Samantha Jones, 30, of Chalfont, is led into Magisterial Judge Jean Seaman's District Court in Warwick Township on Friday July 13, 2018, for her arraignment on homicide charges of killing her 11-month-old son through her drug-laced breast milk.
Courts & Law

Bucks prosecution of nursing mom in baby’s death triggers alarm on addiction treatment

The homicide prosecution of an addicted mother whose infant son died after breastfeeding is considered a test case of how far a district attorney can go to address opioids.

7 years ago

Listen 5:28
James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware (WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy

Key Delaware lawmakers oppose ‘shell game’ of moving prisoners out of state

Looking to reduce $400,000 a week in corrections overtime, Gov. John Carney is mulling the mass move of up to 600 inmates.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania state Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks,  says creating compensation funds is a step in the right direction, but retroactive lawsuits should be an option too. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. House likely to rally behind abuse protection bill; Senate still at-odds

One of the first things on the agenda when lawmakers return to Harrisburg this month will be a bill that makes it easier for people who w ...

7 years ago

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