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Criminal Justice

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announces the formation of a federal, state and local task force to reduce gun violence.
Politics & Policy

Pa. attorney general targets straw purchases, gun violence in Philly

More cooperation from Pennsylvania and the U.S. will help disrupt the flow of guns to those prohibited from owning them, attorney general says.

8 years ago

The sun sets behind the steeple of St. Benedict The Moor Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Report on Catholic Church abuse delayed (again) by objections from clergy

A redacted version could have been released Tuesday, but clergy named in the report have filed objections.

8 years ago

Delaware has tested nearly 900 rape kits that had languished, untested, in police stations and hospitals -- some for more than three decades.  (Courtesy of Delaware Criminal Justice Council)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Rape kit-testing effort spurs arrest in 2014 assault; Del. officials expect more matches

Delaware officials have made their first arrest under the sexual assault kit initiative.

8 years ago

Listen 1:58
Bishop Ronald Gainer of the Diocese of Harrisburg discusses child sexual abuse by clergy during a news conference. Harrisburg is the second Pennsylvania diocese under investigation to release names of clergy accused of abuse before the grand jury report will be made public in August 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Ahead of redacted report, some Pa. Catholic dioceses release names of accused priests

The report, lead by the Pa. Attorney General, is the result of a nearly two-year investigation that probes back seven decades and identifies more than 300 “predator priests"

8 years ago

The defense team has accused former Manafort associate Rick Gates of embezzling money and said Gates is cooperating and lying to investigators to cover his tracks. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

4 insights as Manafort trial enters week 2

Bank and tax fraud trials normally aren't very compelling theater.

8 years ago

Students have access to hundreds of courses while they are in Illinois’ juvenile justice facilities, but they tend to focus on math, language arts, social studies and science. (Tara Garcia Mathewson/ The Hechinger Report)
Education

Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

Marquell Brown is one of a growing number of people in Illinois who have earned a high school diploma from School District 428, run by the department of juvenile justice.

8 years ago

DNA phenotyping helped scientists create a composite of an unidentified woman whose body was found in 1977. (New Castle County Police)
Science

DNA technology could help solve decades-old Delaware case

New Castle County Police hope a lifelike composite image of the woman will lead them to family members and eventually solve the decades-old cold case.

8 years ago

Dr. Jon Lepley, director of infirmary and addiction medicines at the Philadelphia Department of Prisons. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly jails expand use of medication to treat inmates with opioid addiction

The average jail stay for inmates in Philadelphia is about 100 days — and Dr. Bruce Herdman, the system's chief medical officer, sees that as an opportunity.

8 years ago

Listen 2:17
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Philly DA secures $1 million grant for families of homicide victims

The program is expected to be up and running shortly after Labor Day.

8 years ago

Listen 2:15
Family members of Michael White, 20, charged in the stabbing death of Sean Shellenger, 37, pray during a vigil at True Gospel Tabernacle in South Philadelphia.
Community

Supporters of suspect in Center City killing pray for reduced charges

Reports have been circulating that city District Attorney Larry Krasner may seek reduced charges against Michael White.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, July 31, 2018

The New Jersey Supreme Court says a controversial theory about child sex abuse can no longer be used as evidence. An iconic Philadelphia ...

Air Date: July 31, 2018

Listen 21:04
Joshua August (left) allegedly beat the Rev. William Graney with a wine bottle, police said. A church official said Graney was counseling the 25-year-old suspect about his substance abuse issues. (Courtesy of New Castle County police and Resurrection Catholic Church.)
Community

Man struggling with substance abuse attacks priest with wine bottle, church officials say

The priest was counseling his alleged attacker for substance abuse issues, a church official said.

8 years ago

Guy Wheeler (left) and Darryl Turpin are founders of H.E.A.T., a holistic and Afrocentric approach to help young black men stay out of the criminal justice system. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Tailored to young black men, program to cut recidivism rates may come to Pa.

The program, currently in 20 states, is looking to expand to Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

Black Lives Matter protestors march south on Broad Street during a protest in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, during the second day of the Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

To make black lives matter, protect those lives from the womb to the tomb

We are all responsible for standing up for the sanctity of black lives. Because while so many of us are doing great work to sustain black lives, all of us have to do more.

8 years ago

This image taken from surveillance video released by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, shows Markeis McGlockton (far left) and Michael Drejka involved in an altercation in a convenience store parking lot in Clearwater, Fla., last week. (AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

After parking lot shooting, Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ law scrutinized again

Under Florida's stand your ground law, a person in fear for his or her life is justified in using deadly force to stop an attack.

8 years ago

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