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Criminal Justice

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Courts & Law

‘Straw Hat Bandit’ gets 71-year sentence for Philly suburb bank robberies

Richard Boyle, 60, of Plumstead, was sentenced Wednesday to 71 years in prison for the most recent robberies he committed.

6 years ago

Delaware Governor John Carney shakes hands with Delaware Department of Corrections Warden Dana G. Metzger after a tour of the expanded maximum security education building at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Facility in Smyrna, Delaware on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Courts & Law

New education building opens at Vaughn prison 3 years after deadly uprising

Vaughn prison’s new max-security education building is part of an effort to reduce recidivism and a response to recommendations after a deadly 2017 riot.

6 years ago

Color image of a gavel in a courtroom.
Courts & Law

After 25 years in prison, N.J. men to walk free as prosecutors drop murder charges

A New Jersey appellate panel said new forensic evidence “powerfully undermines” the government’s sole eyewitness in the case.

6 years ago

Protesters gather at Philadelphia police headquarters to call for action against police officers who posted racist comments on Facebook. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

2 more Philly cops resign before firing over offensive Facebook posts

The PPD told City Council nine officers had left before being dismissed. The count is now up to 11.

6 years ago

The Lebanon County and City Building is seen on Aug. 29, 2019. (Ian Sterling for WITF)
Courts & Law
PA Post

Family says daughter sentenced to jail still hasn’t received cancer treatment

Ashley Menser was transferred to a state prison on Monday, 12 days after being taken into custody in Lebanon County

6 years ago

Cells are shown in a newly cleared wing at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
Community

‘We were never inmates’: A letter to my former walkie

Shuja Moore and Devin Rouse formed a friendship in prison. Moore hasn’t written his friend since he was released. This is the first letter.

6 years ago

City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson and his wife, Dawn Chavous, exiting federal court
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Who is Dawn Chavous? The powerful woman at the center of the feds’ latest Philly indictment

The 40-year-old political consultant is married to Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson, who is a co-defendant.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

In first court appearance, indicted Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson pleads not guilty

Prosecutors say Johnson allegedly stepped in twice to help Universal hang onto real estate in his district, which covers parts of South and Southwest Philadelphia.

6 years ago

This July 23, 2018 file photo shows packets of buprenorphine, a drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings, in Greenfield, Mass. (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
Health

Krasner to stop charging for possession of opioid treatment drug popular on the street

Larry Krasner says his office will not prosecute for possession of the controlled substance, an opioid-treatment drug with a thriving black market.

6 years ago

Memorial at Von Nieda Park (Michael Butler for WHYY)
Community

No answers for families of teens killed in Cramer Hill park

Camden teenagers Sincere Howard and Shirleen Caban were victims of a double murder in April of 2019. No one has been arrested.

6 years ago

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, standing with victims of childhood sexual abuse, speaks at an event held by Safe Horizon, a non-profit victim services agency, in front of Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan residence as they raise awareness for New York State's Child Services Act,  Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in New York. (Craig Ruttle/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Prince Andrew called uncooperative in Jeffrey Epstein probe

Britain's Prince Andrew has provided “zero cooperation” to the American investigators who want to interview him as part of their sex trafficking probe into Jeffrey Epstein.

6 years ago

DRWC digital content creator Darnell Schoolfield in front of the Ben Franklin Bridge. (Courtesy of DRWC)
Community
Billy Penn

The unusual redemption story of the man who gives voice to Philly’s waterfront

How a formerly incarcerated tough guy used writing to find his way.

6 years ago

Bill Cosby walks from the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Cosby prosecutors defend accusers’ testimony, fight appeal

Prosecutors who won a conviction in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case are defending their work as they fight the imprisoned actor's latest appeal.

6 years ago

Pa. State Police (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

The Pa. State Police was warned about possible racial bias in car searches. The agency’s answer? End the research.

Year after year, according to the reports, troopers were roughly two to three times more likely to search black or Hispanic drivers than white drivers.

6 years ago

The state House chamber.  (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House moves to tighten Pennsylvania’s human trafficking laws

One of the bills now goes the governor for a signature, and the rest still have to pass the Senate.

6 years ago

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