
Criminal Justice
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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‘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.
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‘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.
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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.
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Missing Philadelphia toddler is dead, source says; suspect in custody
Two-year-old King Hill was reported missing on July 7.
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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.
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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.
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