Criminal Justice
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Listen 0:52One teen was handcuffed when state trooper Dempsey Walters broke his eye socket. Walters served prison time for assault and other crimes.
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Listen 1:47Levittown 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.
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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.
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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.
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The amendment to remove capital punishment from Delaware’s Constitution must be voted on twice consecutively by lawmakers.
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Listen 1:02Woman 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Listen 50:25Kilmar 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.
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