 
                        Criminal Justice
Prosecutors: Philly tow-truck operators bilked auto insurance companies
Prosecutors say Hooked, Inc. circumvented the city’s towing system so it could pocket thousands by overbilling car insurance companies. It preyed on drivers who were confused.
7 years ago
Menendez, Toomey back bill to stop the flow of deadly fentanyl from China
The bill would place sanctions on Chinese drug manufacturers that knowingly supply fentanyl to traffickers.
7 years ago
Formerly incarcerated legislative aide hired to lead Pennsylvania pardons board’s office
A former legislative aide who did prison time for drug and weapons offenses has taken over as secretary of the Pa. Board of Pardons to streamline the clemency process.
7 years ago
In rare verdict, jury awards Delaware prisoner $65K
Jurors found Corporal Eben Boyce committed assault and battery and violated prisoner Jake Fox's constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment.
7 years ago
Listen 1:25Is Philly’s supervised injection site legal? Backers make ‘moral and religious’ defense
Among their arguments: shutting down the proposed injection sites would violate the group’s Judeo-Christian convictions.
7 years ago
Meek Mill continues push for overhauling Pa. probation, parole systems
Appearing in Philadelphia accompanied by Pennsylvania state politicians, rapper Meek Mill again calls for changes to the state's system of probation and parole.
7 years ago
N.J. officials finally release data on bail reform. Their conclusion? It’s working
N.J. officials release data showing bail reform cut jail populations without a spike in recidivism. But they note it didn’t reduce racial disparities.
7 years ago
3 months into new criminal justice law, success for some and snafus for others
While some prisoners are benefiting from reduced sentences under the First Step Act, implementation of other aspects of the law has been hit with delays.
7 years ago
Judge in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case blasts Krasner for trying to block latest appeal
Pennsylvania Supreme Court is weighing whether to take convicted killer Mumia Abu-Jamal’s new appeal and potentially grant him a new trial.
7 years ago
Pa. House positions overhauled statute of limitations bills for another run
Revived Pa. effort to extend statute of limitations in future cases of sex abuse follows a bitter dispute over whether to allow retroactive lawsuits in certain cases.
7 years ago
Supreme Court sees 2 similar death penalty questions very differently
In one, a Muslim was put to death, and in the other, a Buddhist's execution was temporarily halted.
7 years ago
Man gets death for teen’s rape, murder, dismemberment
Jacob Sullivan, 46, had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and related charges for killing Grace Packer in 2016.
7 years ago
Bill would keep Delaware juvenile offenders out of ‘horrible’ conditions in adult prisons
Delaware has long housed violent youth offenders in adult prisons. Citing “unconscionable’’ conditions, advocates say that must end.
7 years ago
Listen 2:17Pa. gun owner among many nationwide fighting to overturn Trump-led ban on bump stocks
Federal officials are asking gun owners to immediately destroy or turn over bump stocks after a nationwide ban took effect this week.
7 years ago
We talk about solitary confinement in American prisons with Albert Woodfox, who served more then 40 years in isolation in Angola Prison, and Amy Fettig, of the ACLU.
Air Date: March 27, 2019 10:00 am
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