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Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Philly courts fire supervisor caught on video tearing down Black Lives Matter signs

The First Judicial District called his behavior “egregious and totally unacceptable.”

6 years ago

New Jersey State Police car in Trenton, N.J.
Courts & Law

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.

6 years ago

In this June 2019 photo, Martha Stringer holds a photo of her daughter, Kim. (Brett Sholtis / Transforming Health)
Courts & Law

‘She’s breaking down’: Inmates at Bucks County jail decry treatment of suicidal woman with severe mental illness

Kim Stringer went to jail in April. Her parents haven't heard from her since.

6 years ago

Morris Community Corrections Center
Health

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.

6 years ago

Police and protesters clash Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Philadelphia, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. Protests were held throughout the country over the death of Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

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.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Commonwealth Media Services)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Why Gov. Tom Wolf’s big effort to grant coronavirus reprieves to Pa.’s incarcerated population came up small

The Department of Corrections has defended its response, saying it was a cautious approach that included all relevant parties to represent the public interest.

6 years ago

Camden County Metro Police Chief Joe Wysocki raises a fist while marching with Camden residents and activists on May 30, 2020 to protest the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Photo by April Saul via AP)
The Why
Courts & Law

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

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Demonstrators march to City Hall during a protest, Saturday, June 6, 2020 in Philadelphia over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (Yong Kim/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Radio Times
Community

How 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 49:17
Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

COVID-19 created a backlog of criminal cases in Philly. New budget cuts could make it hard to dig out of it.

Philly’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.

6 years ago

Police officers fire rubber bullets May 29 during a Los Angeles protest over the death of George Floyd. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

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.

6 years ago

Walter Ogrod after being released from prison (NBC10)
Courts & Law

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."

6 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Philly tested every person in its jails for the coronavirus, and found 6% are positive without symptoms

The universal testing experiment was conducted after the region’s main COVID surge.

6 years ago

Hundreds of protesters gather a Philadelphia police headquarters. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Focus on scalable growth, access to capital and pardon reform — and listen to Black Philadelphians

We need a vaccine for the racial pandemic.

6 years ago

File photo: George Floyd mural painted on South Street in Philadelphia. (Elisabeth Perez-Luna/WHYY)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

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 49:58
Police are seen on the scene of an ATM explosion in Philly
Community

Philly 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.

6 years ago

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