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Criminal Justice

Eastern State Penitentiary
Community

Eastern State Penitentiary to reopen in mid-August after months-long closure

Staff and visitors ages 2 and up will be required to wear face masks. Visitors must follow social distancing guidelines, and will be asked to sanitize their hands upon entry.

5 years ago

A Philadelphia Police Department cruiser is seen traveling down a Philly street.
Courts & Law

Multiple Philadelphia police vehicles set on fire overnight

Police officers were advised by radio not to leave their vehicles unattended. Some officers took their patrol cars to garages.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Chief Justice Thomas Saylor. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

Former Pa. Supreme Court judge says chief justice accused her of having ‘minority agenda’

Cynthia Baldwin, the second Black woman to serve on the Pa. Supreme Court, says Chief Justice Thomas Saylor treated her unfairly in disciplinary proceedings.

5 years ago

Sussex Correctional Institution. (Delaware Department of Correction)
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Man dies from COVID-19 outbreak that infected 1 in 3 Sussex prisoners

Delaware prisons had been free of coronavirus for more than a month, until the first cases were identified at Sussex Correctional Institution.

5 years ago

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Billy Penn

If colleges want to be antiracist, they should start by ‘banning the box’

Studies show criminal records checks do not make campuses safer — but they discriminate against Black applicants.

5 years ago

King Hill
The Philadelphia Experiment
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The Philadelphia Experiment

And a little child shall lead them: King Hill’s death brings call for change

A chaotic week featuring Trump, John Lewis, coronavirus and federal troops is overshadowed by the murder of a 2-year-old child.

5 years ago

courtroom
Courts & Law

N.J. will resume some in-person jury trials as soon as September

The administrator of New Jersey courts says they can’t wait for a vaccine to resume criminal trials. He said 4,700 defendants are in jail awaiting trial.

5 years ago

Crime scene tape surrounds the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas
Courts & Law

FBI links men’s rights lawyer to N.Y., California killings

Officials say evidence ties Den Hollander, the alleged "primary subject" in an attack that killed a judge’s son and wounded her husband, to the death of Marc Angelucci.

5 years ago

Police patrol car with flashing lights and siren on
Courts & Law

Feds probe men’s rights lawyer in 2nd killing

Roy Den Hollander is suspected of posing as a FedEx driver when he opened fire at the judge’s home on Sunday, killing her son and wounding her husband.

5 years ago

Sarai Ford
Community

‘We’re tired of losing our loved ones’: Young Philadelphians rally against gun violence

The demonstration, which will move from Center City to North Philly, is a call to action aimed at city leaders and residents.

5 years ago

Crime scene tape surrounds the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas
Courts & Law

‘Men’s rights’ lawyer eyed in shooting of N.J. judge’s family

A self-described “anti-feminist” lawyer found dead in the Catskills of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound is being investigated as the possible gunman.

5 years ago

King Hill
Community

Babysitter charged with murder of missing North Philly toddler

Two-year-old King Hill, of North Philadelphia, went missing in early July. Prosecutors have now charged a babysitter with murdering the boy.

5 years ago

King Hill
Community
NBC10

Missing Philadelphia toddler is dead, source says; suspect in custody

Two-year-old King Hill was reported missing on July 7.

5 years ago

After discovering that the charges against him had been dropped, Timothy Cook shares a moment with The British Chip Shop owner Ian Whitfield in Haddonfield where he has been working parttime as a dishwasher for a year. (April Saul for WHYY)
Community

Community pressure helps get charges dropped against Woodlynne teen

The charges could have prevented Timothy Cook from joining the Marines in August as planned. Charges are still pending against his father.

5 years ago

A protester with Black Lives Matter Harrisburg takes part in a protest outside Dauphin County Prison on June 30, 2020. Inmates inside the facility could be heard banging on the windows and holding up signs pleading for help. (Kate Landis/PA Post)
Courts & Law
PA Post

As state prisons ease coronavirus-related restrictions, county detainees remain in lockdowns

In spite of mass releases by counties to allow social distancing, some people are still in solitary-like conditions.

5 years ago

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