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Inquirer reporters spent months reviewing thousands of pages of police and court records, listened to dozens of recorded jail phone calls involving Nordo, and conducted dozens of interviews. → Read More
He sexually assaulted witnesses, misdirected thousands of dollars in city funds, and locked up an unknown number of innocent men in murder cases. How did he get away with it for so long? → Read More
Donald Suchinsky was charged with aggravated indecent assault and suspended with intent to dismiss from the Philadelphia Police Department. → Read More
Christopher Goodwin was incarcerated more than a decade for murder, even though the two eyewitnesses at his trial recanted and said they were coerced by Detective James Pitts. → Read More
The woman alleged it was part of a pattern of sexual misconduct in which homicide Detective Donald Suchinsky targeted victims to take advantage of their desire for justice and his position of power. → Read More
The officers' guns were taken after an Inquirer investigation found they were improperly paid $76,000 in city funds to coach boxing. Children of police also got thousands of dollars to participate. → Read More
Nashid Akil was a no-show as captain of Philly's 22nd Police District, and the target of two probes into misuse of city grant funds. His career ended over an unrelated incident. → Read More
Nashid Akil had created Guns Down Gloves Up, a youth boxing program as his signature community engagement initiative. A city grant it received is now the target of two investigations. → Read More
ABC Capital, formerly based in Northern Liberties, solicited foreign investors to fuel well over 1,000 house-flipping projects in Philadelphia, Baltimore and elsewhere over the past decade. → Read More
The Guns Down Gloves Up program was among 31 grantees awarded $13.5 million by the city. It is now the target of a police Internal Affairs investigation, and a probe by the city Inspector General. → Read More
Prosecutors agreed Marvin Hill could not possibly have committed the murder. The case, investigated by ex-homicide detective Philip Nordo, was rife with allegations of coercion and sexual misconduct. → Read More
The group sang Christmas carols adapted to highlight the feared impacts of the $1.3 billion 76 Place, which would reach from 10th and Market Streets across Filbert to Chinatown's doorstep. → Read More
“No one should have to spend the holidays in jail simply because they can’t afford bail,” Meek Mill said in a statement, “and no child should be without their parents during this time." → Read More
Citing dangerously high water levels and icy conditions, Washington Crossing Historic Park canceled this year’s expedition across the river. Other festivities were set to continue → Read More
Police are still investigating to determine how fast the car was going, whether the traffic light was green or red, and whether the elderly woman was in the crosswalk when the car hit her. → Read More
"I was thinking [of naming her] Miracle. We found her before the weather turned really brutally cold. She most likely would not have survived." → Read More
Christopher Williams left more than 25 years on death row "a champion for justice," friends and family said. His fatal shooting at a funeral Friday remains under investigation. → Read More
Milique Wagner is serving life for murder even though two prosecution witnesses said their statements were fabricated. Now that Detective Philip Nordo is in prison, Wagner is hoping for a second look. → Read More
How ABC Capital, an alleged Ponzi scheme fueled by foreign cash, left a legacy of blight across Philly. → Read More
The probe led by the Attorney General's Office found systemic problems and a “dangerous absence of oversight” enabled rampant violence, sexual abuse, and other maltreatment. → Read More