Pennsylvania and Philadelphia recently enacted changes that impact employer criminal background screening. State Law Enacted on December 14, 2023, and effective February 12, 2024, Pennsylvania’s House Bill No. 689 amends Pennsylvania law... Read more »
Despite a national increase in youth arrests associated with school incidents, Philadelphia’s Police School Diversion Program, launched in 2014, has decreased the number of youth arrests from nearly 1,600 in the school... Read more »
The fourth person to break out of a city jail this year in Philadelphia escaped from the city’s industrial Correctional Center, Ellie Rushing and Chris Palmer report for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Gino... Read more »
A Philadelphia man who was wrongfully convicted of the 1988 slaying of 4-year-old Barbara Jean Horn, and later exonerated after spending 28 years in prison, has agreed to a $9.1 million settlement... Read more »
A Philadelphia judge has reinstated all charges against former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial for the shooting death of Eddie Irizarry when they stopped him on August 14 for driving erratically, report... Read more »
At least 52 people were arrested and face criminal charges in Philadelphia after engaging in a series of cooperative flash-mob style lootings of a variety of retail stores, reports the Associated Press.... Read more »