Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Announces New Probation and Parole Policy Changes
By Stacie Guevara PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO), in a news conference that…
PA Court Unanimously Holds Philly Police Must Provide Officer Conduct Info to District Attorney Office
By Casey Rawlings PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania decided in a unanimous vote last…
North Philadelphia Meeting Calls for Safety in Schools and Beyond
By Lorelei Olivas PHILADELPHIA, PA – At a meeting at Mary McLeod Bethune School in North Philadelphia,…
Ex-School Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Two Children In 2013
By Stacie Guevara …
Philly Prison Guards Arrested for Violent Treatment of Incarcerated
By Ava Schwartzapfel PHILADELPHIA, PA— Philadelphia corrections officers Jean Castor and Terrel Felts were arrested Thursday and…
DA Krasner Uses Tarik Bey Case to Exemplify Inadequacy of Cash Bail System
By Angelina Sang PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner announced this week charges against Tarik…
New National Poll Suggests Majority of Voters Supports Law Enforcement Reform
By Noe Herrera and Hannah Adams PHILADELPHIA, PA – A new national poll suggests there is strong…
Justice Leaders Urge Supreme Court Not to Criminalize Lifesaving Overdose Prevention Sites
By The Vanguard Staff Washington, CA – Overdose prevention sites, also called “supervised consumption” or “safe injection”…
Former Philly Detectives Involved in Wrongful Conviction of Anthony Wright, Charged After Grand Jury Investigation
By Elizabeth Garabedian PHILADELPHIA, PA – District Attorney Larry Krasner late last Friday issued a statement addressing…
Philly District Attorney Files 6 Motions Holding Police Dept in Contempt of Court for Not Providing Officer Info
By Carson Eschen PHILADELPHIA, PA – In an unprecedented move, six motions to hold the Philadelphia Police…
Meet Philadelphia’s Progressive Prosecutor: A Summary Recap of Conversations, a Vox Podcast
By Beth Miller and Peter Eibert In this episode of the Vox Podcast Conversations, host Jamil…
Philadelphia Man Convicted for Murder of Trans Activist Michelle ‘Tameka’ Washington Sentenced to 25-50 years in Prison.
By Casey Rawlings PHILADELPHIA, PA – Michelle “Tameka” Washington, a trans activist cherished in the LGBTQIA+ community,…
Commentary: Countering the Narrative on Crime Increase
By David M. Greenwald Recently a pro-law enforcement publication (Law Officer) put out a blurb arguing that…
Man Who Attacked BLM Sympathizer Cyclist Arrested from 2020 Protests
By Carson Eschen and Dario McCarty PHILADELPHIA, PA — Richard “Richie” Goodwin has been arrested and charged…
DA Krasner Urges PA Supreme Court to Rule Police Use of Force Must Comply with Constitution
By Jacqueline Rodriguez and Sydney Kaplan PHILADELPHIA, PA – District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a brief with…
70 Criminal Justice Leaders File Brief Calling for an End to the Unnecessary Use of Deadly Force by PA Police
DAs, Attorneys General and law enforcement leaders tell the PA Supreme Court that the police should not…
George Floyd Killer Chauvin’s ‘Number’ Sparking Debate Among Criminal Justice Reform Advocates
By Koda Slingluff MINNEAPOLIS, MN – As the saga of former Minneapolis police officer Derick Chauvin’s disgrace…
New Forensic Evidence, Suppressed Evidence Exonerates Chester Hollman – Wrongfully Convicted for 28 Years
(Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what will be regular reports on the…
Walter Ogrod, Death Row Inmate, Exonerated after 28 Years
By Peter Eibert and Ankita Joshi (Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what…
Krasner’s Office Releases Report on More than 20 People Exonerated During His First Term in Office
By David M. Greenwald Philadelphia – Calling the work of the Philadephia DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit “historic”…