Criminal Justice
Philly courts fire supervisor caught on video tearing down Black Lives Matter signs
The First Judicial District called his behavior “egregious and totally unacceptable.”
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New Jersey to ID officers with disciplinary violations
The state's top law enforcement official said in a statement that the order would apply going forward to all state, county and local law enforcement agencies.
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Kim Stringer went to jail in April. Her parents haven't heard from her since.
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Del. coronavirus recovery: Prisons to reopen for visitors
In-person prison visits have been banned since March 11 to keep the coronavirus from being spread behind bars. Delaware's DOC will lift that restriction on June 29.
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Harrisburg pols want to blow up union hearings that can shield bad cops
A bipartisan group of Pa. lawmakers are drafting legislation that could gut the system that makes it difficult to get bad police off the beat.
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The Department of Corrections has defended its response, saying it was a cautious approach that included all relevant parties to represent the public interest.
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Camden P.D.’s transformation? It’s complicated
The reasons why Camden, N.J. dissolved and rebuilt its police department are very different from why activists are now calling for similar moves across the country.
Air Date: June 11, 2020
Listen 15:53How Black Lives Matter compares to past social movements
Today we'll examine the similarities and differences between the current nationwide protests and the social movements that have preceded them.
Air Date: June 10, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:17Philly’s courts effectively shut down for COVID-19, creating a backlog of cases. Now, city prosecutors and defenders say budget cuts will make it worse.
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From ‘flash bangs’ to ‘rubber’ bullets: The very real risks of ‘riot control agents’
Concern about the excessive use of these weapons has been growing in recent days.
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Philly judge overturns 23-year-old murder conviction of man on death row
In 1996, a jury convicted Walter Ogrod of murdering a girl in Northeast Philadelphia. On Friday, he left prison a free man after prosecutors found he was “likely innocent."
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The universal testing experiment was conducted after the region’s main COVID surge.
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Focus on scalable growth, access to capital and pardon reform — and listen to Black Philadelphians
We need a vaccine for the racial pandemic.
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Will there be police reform in the wake of George Floyd’s killing?
With so many incidences of police violence against Black Americans, many are asking why are we here again?
Air Date: June 4, 2020
Listen 49:58Philly man charged with selling homemade dynamite on Instagram after string of ATM explosions
Prosecutors say 26-year-old Talib Crump admitted to stealing approximately $8,500 from an ATM — one of several that he said he blew up — on June 1.
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