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Criminal Justice

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks
Courts & Law

Ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith faces investigation by independent political watchdog

The Office of Special Counsel said it was investigating Smith on allegations he engaged in political activity through his inquiries into Donald Trump.

1 year ago

Actor Gary Busey
Courts & Law

Gary Busey pleads guilty to sex offense at N.J. horror convention

Busey had been accused of inappropriately touching women at the Monster-Mania Convention at the Doubletree Hotel in Cherry Hill, where he was a featured guest.

1 year ago

Police officers wearing a protective face masks as a precaution
Courts & Law
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Suspect in murder of Philadelphia Police Sgt. James O’Connor sentenced to 75 years

Hassan Elliott was sentenced to 75 years in prison in the murder of Philadelphia Police Sgt. James O'Connor.

1 year ago

Dylan Mortensen gets a hug
Courts & Law

Bryan Kohberger sentenced to life in prison for murdering 4 Idaho students

Kohberger was ordered to serve four life sentences without parole for the brutal stabbing deaths of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.

1 year ago

crowded bike lane
Courts & Law

Man who fatally hit a biking CHOP doctor while driving drunk sentenced to up to 20 years in prison

Michael Vahey, 69, had a blood alcohol level that was twice the legal limit when he fatally hit Dr. Barbara Friedes on Spruce Street last July, police said.

1 year ago

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Police footage of officer assaulting teenager
Courts & Law

‘Torture of our clients’: Lawsuit targets ex-Delaware trooper, other cops, for violent response to ‘ding, dong, ditch’ prank by teens

One teen was handcuffed when state trooper Dempsey Walters broke his eye socket. Walters served prison time for assault and other crimes.

1 year ago

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The exterior of a house in Levittown where a murder took place
Courts & Law

Levittown man who posted video of father’s severed head online is found guilty of murder

Justin D. Mohn, 33, was found guilty in the January 2024 shooting death of his father at their home in the Philadelphia suburb of Levittown.

1 year ago

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner
Courts & Law
6abc

Man who shot 6 Philadelphia officers during standoff to spend up to 240 years in prison

Maurice Hill, 41, was found guilty on multiple charges stemming from the hours-long standoff in August 2019.

1 year ago

The exterior of a house in Levittown where a murder took place
Courts & Law

Levittown man charged with beheading father says he was trying to perform a citizen’s arrest

Justin D. Mohn took the stand in a suburban Philly courtroom on the third day of his trial on murder and other charges stemming from the homicide of his father.

1 year ago

the statue outside Legislative Hall
Politics & Policy

‘A firewall’: Delaware lawmakers approve first leg of amendment removing death penalty from state constitution

The amendment to remove capital punishment from Delaware’s Constitution must be voted on twice consecutively by lawmakers.

1 year ago

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The exterior of a house in Levittown where a murder took place
Courts & Law

Woman at Levittown son’s murder trial recounts finding husband’s decapitated corpse

Justin D. Mohn, 33, faces charges of murder, abuse of a corpse, terrorism related crimes and other offenses for the 2024 killing of Michael F. Mohn.

1 year ago

Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students
Courts & Law

Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to murder in stabbings of 4 Idaho students to avoid death penalty

Kohberger was arrested in eastern Pennsylvania in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in 2022.

1 year ago

Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for his arraignment hearing in Latah County District Court, May 22, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho
Courts & Law

Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to killing 4 University of Idaho students, multiple media report

The criminal justice graduate student was arrested in Chestnuthill Township, roughly 90 miles north of Philadelphia, weeks after the killings.

1 year ago

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Roots of justice: A conversation with Howard and Bryan Stevenson

Brothers Howard and Bryan Stevenson reflect on their Delaware childhood, their social justice work and how to make sense of these troubled times.

Air Date: June 13, 2025 12:00 pm

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Politics & Policy

Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the US, charged with transporting people in the country illegally

The indictment also states that Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gang member. Abrego Garcia has never been charged with being in MS-13 and has denied membership in the gang.

1 year ago

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