Criminal Justice
‘Free thousands more inmates’: Advocates make push for relief from COVID in prisons
Fears of a second COVID wave are growing. Bill could affect more than 3,000 incarcerated.
5 years ago
Eastern State Penitentiary debuts ‘eerie’ night tours in lieu of Terror Behind the Walls
The historic site is debuting “Night Tours” — a self-guided experience fit for pandemic times.
5 years ago
‘A deadly epidemic’: Philly Council pushes city to declare gun violence emergency
“We need to do much more than we’re currently doing to address this crisis,” City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier said in introducing the new resolution.
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300 and counting: Push by feds to arrest in US protests
Barr pushed his U.S. attorneys to bring federal charges whenever they could, keeping a grip on cases even if a defendant could be tried instead in state court.
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This week, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will receive the 2020 Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center.
Air Date: September 16, 2020
Listen 49:29Legal advocates line up on both sides of Bill Cosby’s appeal
Cosby was the first celebrity to go on trial in the #MeToo era, and his appeal could resolve lingering questions about how the cases should be tried.
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Wilmington indoor farm for formerly incarcerated people praised by Barr, Carson from Trump’s Cabinet
Second Chances Farm hires only formerly incarcerated men and women to grow hydroponic crops in a Wilmington warehouse. Federal officials have noticed.
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Incarcerated instead of in treatment
A Bucks woman's experience shows incarceration can make mental illness worse — and that a Pa. law meant to help people instead of putting them behind bars isn't working.
Air Date: September 14, 2020
Listen 14:55‘We need everyone’s help’: The search for Dulce Maria Alavez continues 1 year later
Dulce Maria Alavez’s family, community and law enforcement continue to hold out hope the now-6-year-old will be found alive one year after she went missing in Bridgeton.
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2 dead, 6 injured after shooting at house party near Rutgers University
Evidence markers identified dozens of shell casings left outside the house on Delafield Street. A motive behind the shooting remained unclear late Sunday morning.
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More than three years after deadly prison riot, Delaware unveils advanced camera system
Analysts will monitor cameras and coordinate with officers at Delaware prisons to help prevent another riot like the 2017 incident that left one officer dead.
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Malik Aziz, ‘grandfather of returning citizens’ who fought injustice, dies at 65
The trailblazing civic leader changed attitudes about formerly incarcerated people and helped restore the vote for those with felony convictions.
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N.J. agrees to settlement over allegations of long-term sexual abuse at women’s prison
The DOJ report, the result of an investigation that began in April 2018, found systemic problems at Mahan that allow sexual abuse to occur undetected and undeterred.
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Pa. inspector general reviewing legality of some state police traffic stops, searches
The Inspector General is conducting a review of whether Pennsylvania State Police troopers are following the law when initiating traffic stops and then searching vehicles.
5 years ago
Highway ‘stop-and-frisk’: How Pennsylvania state troopers conduct illegal traffic searches
A common tactic in highway interdiction is the use of pretextual stops, in which officers pull over motorists for alleged traffic violations.
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