Criminal Justice
A giant glass box has landed at Philly’s Independence Mall. Who are those people inside?
A new pop-up installation in Center City advocates for clean slate laws using life-size stacks of paperwork.
10 months ago
Listen 1:06New Jersey youth wrestling coach sentenced to more than 7 years in child sex abuse images case
In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi sentenced Alec Donovan to 30 years of supervised release, prosecutors said.
10 months ago
U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich has now spent a whole year jailed in Russia
It's been a year since Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on spying allegations.
10 months ago
Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for his FTX crimes
The sentence marks a stunning fall for the 32-year-old former crypto executive who was once seen as the future of finance.
10 months ago
N.Y. judge issues a limited gag order on Trump ahead of hush money trial
The new gag order on former President Donald Trump specifically bars him from making public statements about witnesses, prosecutors or jurors in his first criminal trial.
10 months ago
Philadelphia prison chief to leave job after string of prisoner deaths and escapes
Since 2016, Blanche Carney has overseen the city’s prisons and jails, which have been dealing with violence and the escape of four prisoners in a span of six months last year.
10 months ago
Philadelphia mass shooting suspect is headed to trial after receiving mental health treatment
Kimbrady Carriker is charged for the seemingly random shootings in Kingsessing in July 2023.
11 months ago
Charges withdrawn for former TV star Bam Margera following incident outside Radnor Hotel
Margera was cited for public intoxication and disorderly conduct after a dispute at the Radnor Hotel last August.
11 months ago
Trump unable to post $450M bond in New York fraud case, his lawyers say
Trump's lawyers say they've approached 30 companies through four brokers and none will accept his real estate holdings as a guarantee on the bond.
11 months ago
Charges dropped against C.J. Rice after judge deems evidence against him as ‘slender’
After spending more than a decade in prison, C.J. Rice told CNN’s Jake Tapper the “air tastes sweeter” as a free man.
11 months ago
New Jersey is creating a new online database to allow sexual assault survivors to track cases
The trauma-informed online database aims to lessen the added burden for sexual assault survivors to monitor their cases.
11 months ago
Listen 1:183 men face firearms charges after Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting, authorities say
Court documents that were part of the complaint said 12 people brandished firearms and at least six people fired weapons at the rally.
11 months ago
4th suspect sought for mass shooting at SEPTA bus stop identified; up to $5,000 reward offered
Asir Boone, 17, is wanted for attempted murder. He should be considered armed and dangerous, officials said.
11 months ago
Police retract statement saying 4th suspect in custody for Philly mass shooting; remains at large
Police say they are still working to see if the bus stop shooting is connected to the killing of an Imhotep Charter High School student, 17-year-old Dayemen Taylor.
11 months ago
Man freed from prison after 34 years after judge vacates conviction in 1990 murder
61-year-old Ronald Johnson was released from SCI-Phoenix on Monday night following a Philadelphia judge's decision and the prosecutor's move to dismiss charges.
11 months ago