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Criminal Justice

People protest at the state Capitol during a rally in Lansing, Mich.
NPR
Politics & Policy

The boiling resentment behind the foiled plan to kidnap Gov. Whitmer

Michigan's Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and others say they weren't surprised by the alleged plot to kidnap her after experiencing months of loathsome protests and partisan battles.

5 years ago

Eastern State Penitentiary
Community
Billy Penn

Eastern State’s night tours are so popular, the museum might replace Terror Behind the Walls for good

5 years ago

Bill Cosby
Courts & Law

Bill Cosby appeal set for Dec. 1 in Pennsylvania high court

The high court will also consider whether the jury should have heard evidence that Bill Cosby had given quaaludes to women in the past.

5 years ago

John Dougherty speaks to reporters during an FBI raid of his properties in 2016. (Charles Fox/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Judge postpones Local 98 court date, Johnny Doc won’t stand trial for bribery until 2021

Councilmember Bobby Henon will also face a jury for his role in the alleged union scheme.

5 years ago

Police academy cadets line up for graduation in 2017 SAMANTHA MADERA FOR THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA / FLICKR
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Ballot question: Should Philly revamp its ‘beyond toothless’ police oversight commission?

Critics have low expectations for the chronically underfunded watchdog group.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Courts & Law

‘We’re looking for you,’ Philly police commish tells shooters as murders exceed all of 2019

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw on Monday addressed the city’s major surge in gun violence.

5 years ago

View of Philadelphia City Hall from the Masonic Temple. (Mark Henninger / Imagic Digital)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

¿Debería el Ayuntamiento de Filadelfia tener su propia oficina para abogar por las víctimas del crimen?

Ya existen oficinas como esta en varios lugares pero ninguna a nivel del gabinete del alcalde.

5 years ago

View of Philadelphia City Hall from the Masonic Temple. (Mark Henninger / Imagic Digital)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Ballot question: Should Philly City Hall have its own office to advocate for crime victims?

Other, similar offices already exist in various places — but none at the level of the mayor’s cabinet.

5 years ago

DOC Commissioner Claire DeMatteis talks about the state's effort to fight both COVID-19 and the flu in the Delaware's prisons over the next few months. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Health

Delaware prisons prep for battle on two fronts, against COVID-19 and the flu

Social distancing can be difficult in prison, but Dept. of Correction leaders in Delaware hope their plans will keep both COVID-19 and the flu at bay in the coming months.

5 years ago

On October 5, 2020, Camden County Police Chief Joe Wysocki addresses a press conference to announce the arrests of four suspects in the September 15 shooting at the Camden home of two police officers. At left is Camden County Prosecutor Jill Mayer. (April Saul / WHYY)
Courts & Law

Suspects who fired on home of two Camden cops ‘had the wrong house’

Two officers and their 10-day-old baby were unhurt when shots were fired into their home. The police chief says they were not the intended target.

5 years ago

Chalk circles drawn on the sidewalk mark where shell casings landed at 22nd and Jackson Streets in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philadelphia surpasses 2019’s homicide total with nearly three months left in 2020

Meanwhile, the number shooting victims is up 47% over 2019 with police reporting more than 1,600 people injured by gunfire so far this year.

5 years ago

Tatyana Woodard of the Mazzoni Center, a trans woman, encouraged the Pa. Legislature to pass laws that would protect transgender people at a press conference Thursday. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

No one’s charged with hate crime in Philly trans women murders because Harrisburg won’t pass LGBTQ protections

People in Pa. can even use the outdated “gay panic” defense to justify violence.

5 years ago

An investigation by The Appeal and Spotlight PA found that troopers in three counties have taken drivers’ money with little evidence, sometimes the result of illegal searches.
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

How Pa. state troopers seize big money from drivers, many of whom are never charged

An investigation by The Appeal and Spotlight PA found that troopers in three counties have taken drivers’ money with little evidence, sometimes the result of illegal searches.

5 years ago

James “Yaya” Hough, first-ever artist-in-residence at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, cuts a ribbon with DA Larry Krasner (left), Mural Arts' Jane Golden, (third from left), Michael “Smokey” Wilson, (third from right) and boxing champion Bernard Hopkins (right). (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philly DA’s resident artist hopes new exhibition pushes social justice forward

After being sentenced to a life term as a teen, James Hough practiced painting while incarcerated and contributed to over 50 murals in Philadelphia.

5 years ago

Quintuple shooting in Logan
Community
NBC10

5 people injured after being shot on Philadelphia porch

At least one gunman approached a group of men on a Logan porch and opened fire late Tuesday night, police said.

5 years ago

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