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Criminal Justice

The finale hour of Sunday morning's marathon General Assembly session saw lawmakers give final approval to a bill that would guarantee expungement to those with one conviction of marijuana possession or use. (bigstockphoto.com)
Politics & Policy

Delaware legislation would erase marijuana convictions

Eligibility under the pending bill requires the marijuana conviction be the applicant’s only criminal conviction.

7 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announces new policies that will make it easier for people to clear their criminal records.
Courts & Law

Philly DA’s new policy makes it easier for some to clear criminal records

Under the policy, the DA’s office will no longer object to anyone seeking to clear their record of non-convictions.

7 years ago

Judge Steven O'Neill is weighing whether to publicly identify members of the jury that convicted Cosby of sexual assault. He tore into the news media at a Tuesday hearing, accusing reporters of stalking jurors at their homes and bombarding them with phone calls since last week's verdict. (Mark Makela/Pool Photo via AP)
Courts & Law

Bill Cosby judge weighs publicly disclosing jurors’ names

Judge Steven O'Neill berates reporters, accusing them of stalking jurors who convicted Cosby

7 years ago

Wallace Peebles, a formerly incarcerated criminal justice activist, came to the Philadelphia Safe Return event to “make sure no one gets arrested” before endorsing the event on his Instagram page. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Promised ‘Safe Return,’ Philly residents flock to church to resolve bench warrants

Philadelphia Safe Return is underway at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cheltenham where it's hosting four courtrooms to help process the city’s backlog of bench warrants.

7 years ago

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FILE, In this Dec. 15, 2004 photo, Washington Mayor Tony Williams, left, introduces the District of Columbia's new director of the Youth Services Administration, Vincent Schiraldi.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

New study on probation in Pa. finds problem is bigger than Meek Mill

Pennsylvania holds the dubious distinction of having one of the largest populations of people under court supervision in the country.

7 years ago

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Community

NewsWorks Tonight, April 25, 2018

As Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and the First Judicial District look at parole issues, a new report shows Pennsylvania has the highest r ...

Air Date: April 25, 2018

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Wilmington Trust (File photo)
Courts & Law

Wilmington Trust trial goes to the jury

After six and a half weeks of trial, attorneys representing four former Wilmington Trust executives accused of bank fraud concluded their closing arguments.

7 years ago

GOP Judiciary Committee Chairman Stewart Greenleaf is trying to shepherd nearly two dozen measures aimed at improving the criminal justice system into law before his retirement at the end of the year. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Justice reforms move incrementally through Pennsylvania’s Senate

GOP Judiciary Committee Chairman Stewart Greenleaf is trying to pass as many justice overhaul proposals as possible before his retirement at the end of the year.

7 years ago

Rapper Meek Mill comes out to ring the ceremonial Liberty Bell replica before Tuesday’s first-round NBA playoff game in Philadelphia Tuesday night. (Chris Szagola/AP)
Courts & Law

Philly rapper Meek Mill out on bail, flies to Sixers game

On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court ordered a lower court to immediately grant Mill bail.

7 years ago

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner speaks at City Council (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly DA says more money needed for restorative justice programs

Philadelphia's District Attorney says the city has made progress in the just over 100 days he's been in office.

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)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Lawyers on both sides lodge ‘con artist’ accusations ahead of Cosby jury deliberations

Prosecutors say defense is ‘partially right’ in using the term, but says it applies to Cosby.

7 years ago

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Meredith Chapman, a Republican who sought a seat in the Delaware Senate in 2016, was killed Monday in a murder-suicide at her home in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Police said a 48-year-old woman shot  Chapman, then turned the gun on herself. (Chapman campaign for Delaware Senate)
Community

Main Line murder-suicide linked to love triangle involving former Del. Senate candidate

Meredith Sullivan Chapman, 33, was shot to death by a Jennair Gerardot, 48, whose husband, Mark, worked as a creative director with Chapman at the University of Delaware.

7 years ago

Six former officers of Wilmington Trust have been sentenced to prison for financial crimes. (image via Google Maps)
Courts & Law

Closing arguments begin in Wilmington Trust fraud trial

Robert Harra, David Gibson, William North and Kevyn Rakowski are accused of hiding millions in bad loans on the bank’s books

7 years ago

Actor and comedian Bill Cosby, (left), walks with his spokesman Andrew Wyatt, during his sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, April 23, 2018. (Jessica Kourkounis/Pool Photo via AP)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Cosby declines to take the stand as his defense rests its case

Cosby faces three counts of aggravated indecent assault.

7 years ago

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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial, Thursday, April 19, 2018, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Cosby drug expert on pills given to Constand: Not quaaludes

A drug analyst for Cosby’s defense team testified there is no way the entertainer gave his accuser quaaludes.

7 years ago

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