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Coronavirus
March 28, 2020
How Is The Justice System Responding to the Coronavirus? It Depends On Where You Live.
While some cities free people from jail and stop arrests, others are much more business as usual.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Justice Lab
February 14, 2019
In Court, Where Are Siri and Alexa?
When it comes to setting the record straight, court reporting technology is still not up to speed.
By
Joseph Darius Jaafari
and
Nicole Lewis
Looking Back
May 28, 2018
Defending Al Capone
How the most notorious gangster of all got railroaded in Philadelphia.
By
Marc Bookman
News
March 3, 2017
Philadelphia Will Stop Billing Parents When Their Children Are Incarcerated
The announcement comes just hours after we highlighted the practice.
By
Eli Hager
Q&A
January 6, 2016
Philly's Retiring Police Commissioner on Facing Corruption and What People Get Wrong about Police Shootings
“There are two things cops don’t like – the way things are, and change.”
By
David Gambacorta
News
December 9, 2015
Could Trees Help Stop Crime?
Researchers think turning more vacant lots green might work.
By
Simone Weichselbaum
Feature
September 21, 2015
A Letter to Pope Francis
You are about to enter Philadelphia’s largest jail. Here is what you should know.
By
Maurice Chammah
Commentary
March 13, 2015
Asking the Right Questions About the Death Penalty
The incoming head of the Death Penalty Information Center on the time he was a potential juror in a capital case.
By
Robert Dunham
Commentary
February 18, 2015
Making Overseers into Advocates
A social worker’s take on the misery of probation.
By
Jeff Deeney
News
November 24, 2014
Do Convicted Killers Deserve Free Speech?
In the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Pennsylvania says no.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel