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Criminal Justice

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

As Pa. overhauls prison book policies, inmates’ rights groups cry foul

All books will now have to go through the Department of Corrections.

7 years ago

Parishioners attend mass at the Cathedral Church of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown, Pa. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Precedent for possible criminal charges of Pa. Catholic leadership rooted in landmark Philly case

While scathing, last month’s grand jury report about clergy sex abuse in Pennsylvania was released with ...

7 years ago

Listen 4:08
Bill Cosby departs after his sexual assault trial, Friday, April 20, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown.
Courts & Law

In advance of Sept. 24 sentencing, Cosby attorney asks judge to recuse himself

Cosby legal team claims judge failed to disclose 20-year-old conflict with former Montgomery County district attorney

7 years ago

Gymnast Jessica Howard, who was sexually abused by USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, speaks on behalf of the victims of Catholic priests, urging Pennsylvania to adopt a law that would suspend the statute of limitations in claims of child sexual abuse. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Survivors of child sex abuse again push Pa. to suspend statute of limitations

Lawmakers are also urged to provide a two-year window for past victims to file civil charges retroactively.

7 years ago

Listen 1:47
State Correctional Institution  _ Frackville (Pa. Department of Corrections)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. prisons resume new normal after lockdown

All 25 Pennsylvania state prisons are operating under a new normal after a 12-day lockdown.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. A Pennsylvania grand jury says its investigation of clergy sexual abuse identified more than 1,000 child victims. The grand jury report released Tuesday says that number comes from records in six Roman Catholic dioceses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Legal battle lingers in release of full report on Pa. clergy sex abuse scandal

In the latest court documents, about a dozen clergy members, whose names have been withheld from the grand jury report, claim their due process rights have been violated.

7 years ago

Delaware County, District Attorney Katayoun M. Copeland announces a countywide community law-enforcement camera partnership program for homeowners and businesses to register their camera systems and help investigators obtain video footage and evidence.
Courts & Law

Live in Delco and have a security camera? The DA wants to know about it

County officials launch camera registry to aid in police investigations.

7 years ago

Photos of Joseph Santos and his family members were displayed at a memorial service last month for the 44-year-old who was fatally shot on July 28, 2018 by South Whitehall Township police officer Jonathan Roselle. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Courts & Law

South Whitehall Township police officer loses job after charges in shooting death

South Whitehall Township's manager said officials decided not to keep probationary officer Jonathan Roselle on the force following expiration of his probation period.

7 years ago

This June 1, 2018, file photo, shows a housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Pa. tightens prison security. Some people aren’t sure it’s warranted

Pennsylvania Corrections officials announced Wednesday, they're drastically cracking down on inmates' mail privileges and increasing other security measures.

7 years ago

West Goshen Police Chief Joseph Gleason, left, and Charles Gaza, with the Chester County, Pa., District Attorney's Office, hold sketches of then-suspected road rage shooter during a news conference outside police headquarters, Friday, June 30, 2017, in West Goshen, Pa. Twenty-nine-year-old David Desper pleaded guilty Wednesday in Chester County in the death of 18-year-old Bianca Roberson. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Courts & Law

3rd-degree murder plea in road rage shooting death

Twenty-nine-year-old David Desper entered the plea Wednesday in Chester County in the death of 18-year-old Bianca Roberson.

7 years ago

Judge Paula T. Dow addresses the lawyers during a hearing on missing funds in the Johnny Bobbitt case in the Olde Historic Courthouse in Mt. Holly, NJ on September 5, 2018.  McClure and D’Amico are accused of mismanaging the money raised for Bobbitt. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
Courts & Law

Judge orders pair who fundraised for homeless man to testify

Wednesday's proceedings shed little light on what happened to the cash.

7 years ago

Corrections officers arrive for a shift at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Camp Hill, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

As prison lockdowns continue, ACLU voices concerns

There's no end in sight, and so on Tuesday the American Civil Liberties Union began publicly raising some alarms.

7 years ago

Isaac Gardner speaks while holding up a photo of David Jones
Courts & Law

Former Philly cop charged with fatally shooting Germantown man in the back

A former Philadelphia police officer has been indicted in the deadly shooting a 30-year-old Germantown man in the back last year.

7 years ago

Listen 2:15
(From left), Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., arrive at the Capitol for a procedural vote on an appropriations measure, in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Kavanaugh hearing a test for Sen. Cory Booker in new role

'We’re preparing for this like everything is at stake,' Booker says of confirmation hearings beginning Tuesday.

7 years ago

Listen 6:24
Vaughn prison in Smyrna, Delaware. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Ohio, Pennsylvania prison crises spur Delaware correctional officials to halt visitations

"Regular operations will resume when conditions improve," said Alan Grinstead, deputy commissioner of the Delaware Department of Correction.

7 years ago

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