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Criminal Justice

Danielle Outlaw is introduced by Mayor Jim Kenney as the new Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department, on Monday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

‘There has to be a clear policy’: Philly’s new top cop pledges to fight crime and boost accountability

Incoming PPD Commissioner Danielle Outlaw made quite an impression at City Hall.

6 years ago

Watson T. Comly School in Northeast Philly (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

New case tests big question: Can Philly kids sue after getting sick in school buildings?

Dean Pagan has become a poster child for toxic conditions in Philly schools. But can his family sue the district for damages?

6 years ago

A menorah is installed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshipped Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 at the temple. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Lawyers fight death penalty for synagogue shooting suspect

Lawyers for the suspect in the synagogue shooting that killed 11 people in Pittsburgh have challenged the potential death sentence as unconstitutional.

6 years ago

(Google maps)
Community

Man in ‘I Believe’ hat swipes $250, tip jar on Christmas Day

Police in Philadelphia are looking for a thief who sported a hat that said “I Believe” as he swiped a tip jar stuffed with $250 on Christmas Day.

6 years ago

The number of Wilmington shootings rose in 2019 from a year earlier but were far below the record bloodshed of 2017. (WHYY file)
Courts & Law

Shootings and homicides rise in Wilmington in 2019

Gun violence in the city has ticked up over the previous year, but it's not even close to the record-setting carnage Wilmington saw in 2017.

6 years ago

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The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol is visible in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. House joins Senate in overwhelmingly passing bill to help ex-convicts get professional licenses

To hold jobs like accountant, nurse or funeral director, Pennsylvanians must first obtain a license.

6 years ago

Maurice Boston, a freshman at Ben Franklin H.S., shows his support at a packed meeting discussing the closures of Ben Franklin and Science Leadership Academy high schools because of asbestos remediation at the school district building Monday morning. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Education

Regional roundup 12/23

Guests: Joe Hernandez, Kristen Graham On this week’s Regional Roundup; WHYY’s ...

Air Date: December 23, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:02
Shown is the Pennsylvania House of Representatives chamber Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Despite controversial amendments, Pa. House passes justice reinvestment bills

The measures now go back to the Senate, where members will vote to concur with, or reject the amendments.

6 years ago

In this file photo, voters cast their ballots, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 (Tony Dejak/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

N.J. restores voting rights to people on probation and parole

Nearly 73,000 people on probation or parole will have a chance to vote in the 2020 election under a law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy.

6 years ago

File photo: Frank Nucera Jr., left, with his defense attorney Rocco Cipparone in 2019. (Nicholas Pugliese/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Disgraced N.J. police chief says jurors’ racial bias tainted hate crime trial

Four jurors who voted to convict Frank Nucera Jr. of lying to the FBI say they were pressured to do so for fear of being called racist.

6 years ago

Malcolm Jenkins, safety on the Philadelphia Eagles, speaks at a police reform rally at the
Arch Street United Methodist Church. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Malcolm Jenkins says candidates to run Philly police ‘are already hiding’

Philadelphia’s mayor is slated to name a new leader before year’s end. Some, like the Eagles safety, worry the process is taking place behind closed doors.

6 years ago

The Honorable M. Jane Brady sits next to Kent County, De. Family Court Judge James G. McGiffin, Jr., portraying Kris Kringle take part in a Christmas performance inside a courtroom at the New Castle County Courthouse in downtown Wilmington on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019.    (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Delaware students cheer Santa in ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ re-enactment

A Wilmington courtroom was filled with about 150 students, who witnessed the trial of Kris Kringle as part of an effort to teach kids how the courts work.

6 years ago

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)
Courts & Law

Philadelphia officials are revving up for recreational marijuana

Psychiatry, public health and law enforcement leaders — including Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner — are taking a “not if, but when” approach.

6 years ago

Kensington from above (Max Marin/Billy Penn)
Community

Economic investment, not arrests, will save Kensington from drug violence, say researchers who lived there

They wanted to know: Why is narcotics trafficking and the violence that goes along with it so concentrated and so extreme in this part of the city?

6 years ago

Listen 2:23
 Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 7th and Race streets (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
Courts & Law

Nonprofit leader accuses police officers of excessive force, false arrest

The civil complaint alleges that an officer hit the woman in the face, then conspired with two other officers to falsely arrest her.

6 years ago

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