Pennsylvania Launches Pardon Process for Marijuana Convictions
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
A new program launched by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Lt.
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‘Invisibility’ of Prosecutor Misconduct Erodes Trust: PA Report
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Researchers at the Quattrone Center, based at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, created what they said was a unique dataset of 4,644 opinions in which allegations of misconduct were raised in the more than 1.5 million judicial opinions published between 2000 and 2016 by federal and state courts in Pennsylvania.
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‘Unaffordable and Unethical’: PA Courts Routinely Set High Cash Bail
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 22, 2021
For years, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) has been working on challenging the misuse of cash bail in the state’s 67 counties, but despite a number of concerns raised over the years noting disparities in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, little has changed. .
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Courts Crack Down on Correction Officers Smuggling Contraband into Jails
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Across the country this week, corrections officers have been indicted and sentenced for accepting bribes from inmates at detention centers and smuggling in contraband items in Pennsylvania, New York and Texas. Another Pennsylvania correctional officer was arrested and pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs and phones into jails last year.
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America Can Afford Decent Corrections Systems. Why Aren’t We Getting Them?
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Photo courtesy Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. To read about John Wetzel, the former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC), one might think he is the August Vollmer of prison management. Pennsylvania shows the road forward. John Wetzel.
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Lying to Get the Truth: How Police Induce False Confessions
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
as a result of Supreme Court rulings, but it has helped to contribute to a broken system, speakers told a panel organized by the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. The use of deception during an interrogation is not illegal in the U.S.
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Is There a Data Collection Problem in the Justice System?
The Crime Report
AUGUST 18, 2021
Moreover, of the 20 states analyzed, only Alabama, Pennsylvania and Indiana had reliable data available on “indigent” defendants, otherwise known as individuals who need aid because they don’t have the means to hire a private attorney.
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‘The Trouble With Time Served’
The Crime Report
MAY 3, 2022
Crediting people for time served — giving criminal defendants “credit” against their sentence for the time they spend detained pretrial — is a deceptively harmful practice that punishes innocent people, argues University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Prof. Kimberly Kessler Ferzan. Download the full paper here.
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International Operation Shuts Down iSpoof Call Spoofing Site, Arrests 142 Scammers
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
iSpoof (ispoof.me), the website in question, now redirects to a domain seizure notice from the FBI and the United States Secret Service under a warrant from the Western District of Pennsylvania. . Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. .
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Will California’s Child Privacy Law Set a New National Standard?
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
New York and Pennsylvania are still considering versions of California’s legislation. The law, which received bipartisan support ,requires tech companies to safeguard children and teens’ “well-being” while using the Internet. Several states have adopted the approach.
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Nonprofit Launches Push to Get Crime Victims to the Polls
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
The campaign, which is part of a multiyear, multi-million-dollar effort by the group to boost voter turnout among crime victims, will primarily concentrate on battleground states, including Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas, where competitive elections take place and a fresh influx of voters can have a significant impact.
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Autistic Females Vulnerable to Crime: Study
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Drexel Autism Institute at Drexel University on the experiences of autistic individuals and their caregivers across their interactions with the criminal justice system in Pennsylvania has found, among other conclusions, an increased risk for interaction with the justice system, including being male and having a co-occurring psychiatric diagnosis, reports (..)
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Study Finds ‘Hot-Spot Policing’ More Effective When Officers Show Respect
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Other authors of the study, entitled , I ncorporating Procedural Justice into Hot Spots Policing: Lessons from a Multicity Randomized Trial , included: Anthony Braga , Jerry Lee Professor of Criminology and Director of the Crime and Justice Policy Lab in the Department of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania; Cody Telep, an associate professor (..)
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‘Little Scandinavia’ Transforms a U.S. Prison
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 11, 2022
This remodeled prison unit in Pennsylvania, dubbed ‘Little Scandinavia” is home to 64 male residents. A recent collaboration between correctional services in Pennsylvania and several Scandinavian countries presents an opportunity to test these ideas. In Pennsylvania , that figure is closer to 70 percent.
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Study: Can Criminal Justice Algorithms be Retooled to Serve the Accused?
The Crime Report
JUNE 3, 2022
A recent peer-reviewed study by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and collaborators at Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pennsylvania suggests that existing risk assessment instruments commonly used to guide the life-altering decisions made by judges, prosecutors, and parole boards about the liberty of the people before them could be retooled (..)
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Study: Outdoor Street Crimes Rose During Pandemic
The Crime Report
MARCH 8, 2022
A new working paper from researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School and the University of Pennsylvania has found that even though the number of crimes fell in 2020, the chance of being victimized if you were out on the street rose significantly, reports Megan McArdle in an op-ed for the Washington Post. “In
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Study Finds Procedural Justice Training Improves Police Behavior
The Crime Report
MARCH 31, 2022
A recent study by scientists at the National Policing Institute, George Mason University, Arizona State University, and the University of Pennsylvania has produced evidence that training officers to operate according to the principles of procedural justice changed officer behavior, reduced arrests, improved community perceptions of the police, and (..)
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The Mythical ‘Bystander Effect’ Returns to Distort a Philadelphia Rape Case
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 1, 2021
In fact, Upper Darby is home to the 69th Street Station, a hub for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)—a regional public transport operation that provides regular service for four million people in southeast Pennsylvania.
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Study: Felony Convictions Impede Access to Stable Housing
The Crime Report
JULY 26, 2022
She recommends removing barriers to getting occupational licenses, enacting more automatic record sealing laws like Colorado and Pennsylvania have, and working to limit the use of unregulated and often inaccurate online criminal background check services as solutions.
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Supreme Court Considers Theory That Limits State Election Checks and Balances
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Each decision on voting minutiae limiting to state authority made with Harper and following it would lead to “competing candidates declaring victory under different sets of rules,” Ginsberg wrote, quoting a point made by Justice Clarence Thomas in 2021’s Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Degraffenreid. .
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Can U.S. Prisons Stop Using Solitary Confinement?
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
And unfortunately, prisons, like police, are being called upon to deal with larger issues, social issues that are, for lack of a better word above their pay grade,” said Holbrook, who spent seven years in solitary in a Pennsylvania prison as a youth. “In
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Progressive Prosecutors ‘Undercut’ by State Legislators: Paper
The Crime Report
MAY 17, 2021
Similarly, a provision quietly tacked on to a 2019 budget bill in Pennsylvania gives the state attorney general “concurrent jurisdiction” to prosecute certain firearms crimes. Gardner denied the charges, and claimed the investigation was another attempt by her “political enemies—largely from outside St.
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Penn State Loses Major Motion in Race Discrimination Case
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JANUARY 18, 2024
The newsletter stated “Privilege is an unearned benefit given to people who are in a specific social group. This was in a newsletter that the office obviously reviewed, edited, and released. ” As is sometimes the case, when exposed publicly, officials will often disavow their own program material or statements.
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Proposed Gun Laws Offer More Than Expected, but Critics Say Not Enough
The Crime Report
JUNE 13, 2022
According to Axios , these mass shootings occurred across 15 states — Louisiana, Michigan, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Maryland, Arizona, Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, Pennsylvania, New York, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
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MacArthur Foundation Awards $2M to Promote Racial Equity in Justice System
The Crime Report
JANUARY 26, 2022
The programs include: Grants to Office of the Chief Judge and the Justice Advisory Council in Cook County, to work with the Chicago Regional Organizing for Antiracism ; Grants to Office of Criminal Justice Coordination for partnership with Total Community Action in New Orleans; Grants to the Center for Carceral Communities —an initiative of the (..)
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Three PA Cops Charged With Manslaughter for Shooting Child
The Crime Report
JANUARY 19, 2022
Pennsylvania police officers Devon Smith, Sean Dolan and Brian Devaney of the Police Department in Sharon Hill, a Philadelphia suburb, have been charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 8-year-old Fanta Bility outside a high school football game in August, 2021, when they opened fire after two teenagers began shooting outside the stadium, (..)
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Women Take Center Stage in Gun Rights Debate
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Sorenson , a professor with the University of Pennsylvania who researches firearms and violence against women. But, USA Today details that the question of whether guns make women feel safer is unique, and seemingly divergent, from the reality of whether women actually are safer with guns. Sorenson continued, “There’s no evidence of that.
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Can More Jury Trials Save the Justice System?
The Crime Report
AUGUST 11, 2022
King in a paper published in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. “Expansion of the jury trial right would constitute a meaningful structural reform in democratizing criminal justice, at a time when such change is needed to establish the popular legitimacy of the criminal justice system,” writes J.D. justice system.
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Hate Crimes Investigations Fall, Convictions Rise: BJS
The Crime Report
AUGUST 27, 2021
During the 15-year period, all but ten states saw at least one hate crime conviction, with forty percent of the 284 hate crime convictions between 2005 and 2019 occurring in federal judicial districts in six states: New York (30), California (26), Texas (19), Arkansas (15), Tennessee (13), and Pennsylvania (12).
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Every Second Matters: 911 Dispatch Centers Struggle to Survive
The Crime Report
JUNE 9, 2022
Excessive wait times have been reported in police departments from California to Pennsylvania, PBS NewsHour reports. Every second matters during an emergency, and 911 operator shortages can make wait times longer and lead to a backlog that’s hard for small agencies to recover from.
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Why Police are ‘Natural Allies’ in the Fight Against Drug Abuse
The Crime Report
APRIL 11, 2022
The harm reduction organization Eleyvst , the Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations Alliance (PRO-A) , and the data firm RIWI sought to do just that with their new, ambitious public opinion survey. And yet, stigmatizing those who use drugs persists, even as our governments declare the opioid epidemic a public health emergency.
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The Alert: April – June 2023
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APRIL 4, 2023
The Pennsylvania Department of State’s Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations recently sent out postcard reminders to notify those impacted by the obligation. We do know that FinCEN will accept reports electronically via its website beginning January 1, 2024. Our team will continue to monitor any developments on the matter.
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Can Blockchain Technology Protect Seniors from Cyberscammers?
The Crime Report
APRIL 13, 2022
Did you hear the one about the 80-year old Pennsylvania woman who paid $25,000 in taxes on lottery winnings for a lottery that never existed? Or the senior who lost $250,000 to psychic scams? How about the concerned grandpa who posted bail money for his grandson who was never arrested?
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Want to Make a Ghost Gun? YouTube Videos Still Show You How
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Pillus, a 23-year-old from Lincoln Park, and charged him with five firearm offenses for bringing ghost gun kits across the Delaware River after he bought them at a Pennsylvania gun show in September, according to a statement from acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew Bruck noted by North Jersey.com. Authorities arrested William R.
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‘They Like When They Get to Pepper Spray Us’
The Crime Report
APRIL 22, 2022
Tashon, who asked that his full name be withheld to avoid repurcussions, is a Black man with PTSD, bipolar disorder, and anxiety, who bounced around several prisons in Pennsylvania, including the maximum-security SCI-Greene, as well as SCI-Fayette, SCI-Houtzdale, and SCI-Somerset.
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How Philadelphia’s ‘Bail Advocates’ Reduced Pretrial Racial Disparities
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The use of paraprofessionals to provide individualized information about defendants that could guide judges’ decisions about granting bail could reduce racial disparities in pretrial detention, argues Paul Heaton , the director of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
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Broadcasters’ Calendar – A Look Ahead to the Regulatory Dates for 2023
Broadcast Law Blog
JANUARY 11, 2023
Read other newsletters and trade publications and consult your own attorney to stay on top of the regulatory obligations that apply to your stations. That’s because there are two sets of deadlines that are not as significant this year.
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Can Prosecutors Be Trusted to Correct Wrongful Convictions?
The Crime Report
MAY 19, 2022
A recent report from the Quattrone Center on the Fair Administration of Jujstice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School provides comprehensive guidelines for “collaboration agreements” that outline how to handle discovery of misconduct and other delicate issues like media relationships and information sharing.
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As Penalties Ease, Drug Courts Lose Business
The Crime Report
AUGUST 1, 2022
In contrast, a Pennsylvania program offering treatment instead of charges for drug offenses is gaining traction. Participation in California’s drug courts decreased statewide by 67 percent between 2014 and 2018.
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Does ‘Overpolicing’ Social Media Threaten Free Speech?
The Crime Report
JULY 13, 2021
Editor’s Note: This paper was written before the Supreme Court’s June 23 ruling in favor of Pennsylvania high school student Brandi Levy, who claimed she was unconstitutionally removed from her school’s junior varsity cheerleading squad after she wrote a vulgar social media post on Snapchat criticizing the school.
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Public Safety Requires Justice Reform: Researchers
The Crime Report
AUGUST 2, 2022
of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses how investments in law enforcement are a scalable and effective strategy to maintain public safety, particularly when their efforts are focused on the places and people at the highest risk of violent crime. Aaron Chalfin , Ph.D.,
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How Crime on Parole Drives Mass Incarceration: Study
The Crime Report
MARCH 28, 2022
Schuman, an assistant professor of law at Pennsylvania State University Law School, argues that even if authorities accepted calls for an end to imposing prison terms for technical violations of probation or parole, criminal conduct would still account for as many as nine out of ten violations in some jurisdictions.
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The Alert: January – March 2023
Parasec
JANUARY 4, 2023
Pennsylvania: Annual Report Requirement Coming. Currently, the Pennsylvania Department of State requires decennial (every ten years) filing for entities registered to do business in the state. To read more about the bill, go here.
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