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Criminal Justice

Philadelphia district attorney Lawrence Krasner is asking prosecutors to bring up the cost of incarceration with judges.
(Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Courts & Law

Philadephia’s new DA wants prosecutors to talk cost of incarceration while in court

“Fiscal responsibility is a justice issue, and it is an urgent justice issue,” Larry Krasner said at a press conference recently.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, March 28, 2018

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez hits the campaign re-election trail. As Bill Cosby’s pre-trial hearings near their conclusion, his ...

Air Date: March 28, 2018

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NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, March 27, 2018

Philadelphia’s public defender questions the legality of the city’s probation policies.  The Human Rights Campaign Foundati ...

Air Date: March 27, 2018

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Sandra Sterling, the aunt of Alton Sterling cries out after viewing his body at the F.G. Clark Activity Center in Baton Rouge, La., Friday, July 15, 2016. Alton Sterling was shot July 5 outside a Baton Rouge convenience store in an encounter with police that was caught on video.
Courts & Law

2 officers in black man’s fatal shooting won’t be charged

Louisiana's attorney general ruled out criminal charges Tuesday against two white Baton Rouge police officers in the fatal shooting of a black man outside a convenience store.

7 years ago

June Rodgers, of Millville, New Jersey, sued former Gov. Chris Christie and other state officials after her son was allegedly murdered by a man released under the state’s new bail system. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Mother of slain N.J. man blames computer program for his shooting

In New Jersey, there’s a bail algorithm designed to recommend whether you sit behind bars or walk free until your trial. The state’s court system recently abandoned cash bail.

7 years ago

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Nekia Pressley and three of her children take a break while on the phone with her husband, Demetris McDuffy, who is serving a life sentence he received as a juvenile. Pressley's daughter Yani (left) sits beside her mother, along with son Darwish and daughter Yasmeen (right).
The Notebook
Community

Parenting from inside prison walls

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, March 21, 2018

We have weather updates from around the region. The Pennsylvania Senate passes a bill to increase gun ownership restrictions on people co ...

Air Date: March 21, 2018

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Philadelphia political consultant Ken Smukler has been charged with campaign finance violations in connection with his work on Marjorie Margolies' 2014 congressional campaign..  Smukler is facing an April trial on previous charges of campaign improprieties. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Philly congressman’s aide faces new charges

New charges against Bob Brady associate Ken Smukler are connected to a 2014 congressional campaign he ran for Marjorie Margolies.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announces the police-assisted diversion program Friday flanked by District Attorney Larry Krasner and Council President Darrell Clarke. (Tom MacDonald/ WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia going ‘outside the box’ with diversion program

The police-assisted diversion program is designed to redirect low-level offenders suspected of prostitution or drug possession to community-based services.

7 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Lawrence Krasner  (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Courts & Law

Philly DA announces changes to ‘end mass incarceration’ through lighter sentences

A new directive broadens the scope of interests considered at sentencing from the direct impact on criminals and their victims to include the effect on taxpayers.

7 years ago

Model Janice Dickinson outside Los Angeles Superior Court in 2016
Courts & Law

Janice Dickinson’s lawsuit against Bill Cosby can proceed

Model Janice Dickinson's defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby can move forward after the California Supreme Court refused an appeal from the comedian.

7 years ago

Rapper Meek Mill arrives at the criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. A Philadelphia judge has sentenced rapper Mill to two to four years in state prison for violating probation in a nearly decade-old gun and drug case.
Courts & Law

Philly prosecutors not opposed to releasing rapper Meek Mill

Mill was sentenced in November to two to four years in prison for violating probation on a roughly decade-old gun and drug case.

7 years ago

Meek Mill’s mother Kathy Williams and his attorney Joe Tacopina
Community

From prison, Meek Mill vows to champion changes in Pa. criminal justice system

Penn hosts discussion of Philadelphia rapper's case as emblematic of a system clouded with racial bias.

7 years ago

A bus leaves the correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
Courts & Law

Coalition gets data to help cut Philadelphia’s recidivism rate

The 24-page report provides a snapshot of these former inmates – their gender, race and what ZIP codes they’re expected to call home.

7 years ago

Sharon Patrick and Melissa Fratanduono-Meo
Courts & Law

Families of murdered Bucks County victims sue parents of confessed killer and his cousin

Families of 3 of the 4 young men murdered on a Bucks County farm last summer are suing the confessed killer, Cosmo DiNardo, as well as his cousin and co-defendant Sean Kratz

7 years ago

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