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Abortion

Banning executions?

March 24, 2025March 23, 2025
Tim Hartman

By Tim Hartman

Crime

Paul Davis: Biden lets Philly murderer Kaboni Savage off of death row

January 29, 2025February 4, 2025
Paul Davis
15

President Biden’s parting gift to America was to pardon or commute the sentences of scores of violent criminals. One of […]

Justice System

Christine Flowers: Biden’s December surprise

December 30, 2024December 28, 2024
Christine Flowers
2

To say that it was an interesting year is to say that the Earth rotates around the Sun, something that […]

Crime

Paul Davis: Federal court imposes death sentence for Tree of Life Synagogue shooter

August 7, 2023August 9, 2023
Paul Davis

Thankfully the federal system — unlike the commonwealth’s — still allows the sentence to be carried out.
By Paul Davis

Crime

Paul Davis: Pennsylvania Senator Mike Regan calls for mandatory death sentence for cop killers

March 9, 2023March 8, 2023
Paul Davis
1

The senator intends to introduce legislation to eliminate the option for life imprisonment when a police officer is murdered.
By Paul Davis

History

Thom Nickels: What Gary Heidnik, the last man executed in Pa., foretold

July 7, 2021July 9, 2021
Thom Nickels
2

N. Philadelphia serial killer and rapist Gary Michael Heidnik, who inspired the character Buffalo Bill in “Silence of the Lambs,” manipulated the psychiatric and justice systems until the end. But at that end, he had one last, truthful thing to say.
By Thom Nickels

Crime

George Parry: Krasner’s handling of Mumia case part of a disturbing pattern

October 1, 2019April 19, 2021
George Parry
2

Maureen Faulkner’s persistence and courage in filing her petition have brought into sharp focus the questions that continue to hang over Philly’s district attorney.
By George Parry

Op-Ed

A college that loves America — imagine that

A college that loves America — imagine that

schedule August 21 2025
ink_pen Beth Ann Rosica

Imagine if American universities taught students to love our country despite its imperfections or instilled the idea that the United […]

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