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A Cloud Of Corruption Over City's Purchase of New Voting Machines
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThere was no formal announcement made or press conference held to commemorate the event. But the week before the May 7th primary election, the Kenney administration...
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Frank Fina Gets Spanked!
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netFrank Fina finally got his comeuppance.In a 36-page report issued today, the Disciplinary Board of the state Supreme Court called for a suspension of the former deputy...
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Can Msgr. Lynn Case Be Retried Without A Victim?
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netJudge Gwendolyn Bright today set a Jan. 13th date for the retrial of Msgr. William J. Lynn on a single charge of endangering the welfare of a child. Now the question...
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Inky Reporters & Editors Picket Publisher
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netBill Ross aimed his bullhorn at the executive offices of the Inquirer."Terry can't hear you up on the third floor," he told the 200 or so staffers who were picketing...
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Inky Ship May Sink In Less Than Five Years
By Ralph Ciprianofor Philadelphia magazineTop management at the Philadelphia Inquirer has told newsroom staffers they must radically transform the "newspaper of record" into a "robust digital company,"...
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Scandal-Plagued NCAA Hires Tainted Investigator Louis Freeh
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIt took him nine years to get there, but former FBI Director Louis Freeh is right where he always wanted to be. This week, after nine years of trying, Freeh and some of...
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What To Do When Your Boss Tells The FBI You're A Crook
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netWhat do you do when you find out your boss was talking smack about you to the FBI?If you're Dominic Verdi, the former deputy commissioner of the city's Department of...
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D.A.'s Office Caught Playing Politics With A Criminal Complaint
By Ralph Cipriano for BigTrial.netAttention, citizens of Philadelphia. If you're going down to the District Attorney's office at 1425 Arch Street to file a private criminal complaint against somebody...
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City Asked To Void $28 Million Voting Machines Contract
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe manufacturer of Philadelphia's controversial new voting machines, the ExpressVote XL, violated city law by failing to disclose that it had hired lobbyists and...
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Board Of Elections Tanks One For Johnny Doc
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netHe's under federal indictment and the most likely candidate to continue Philadelphia's proud tradition of sending its top political bosses to jail for corruption.But...
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D.A. Got Stiffed The Night Six Cops Were Shot
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netDuring the nonstop media coverage of the shooting of six Philly cops, one public official was never out of range of the TV cameras -- District Attorney Larry Krasner.He...
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A Tale Of Two Philly D.A.'s Who Are Costing Taxpayers $$$Millions
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThis is a story about two Philadelphia district attorneys, past and present, and how they teamed up to unleash a crime wave upon the city, and cost taxpayers millions...
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"Phony Baloney" Plea Deal May Come Back To Bite D.A.
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netTo District Attorney Larry Krasner, it was just a "phony baloney" plea bargain with a would-be mass cop killer.When the D.A. got on the phone with Maurice Hill, after...
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Son Of DROP -- The Triple Dip!
By Ralph Ciprianofor Philadelphia magazineThe first time he "retired from the City of Philadelphia, Ruben David was project director for public safety in the department of property, a job that paid him...
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Angry Mayor's Office Responds to DROP Story By Putting Philly Mag On Double...
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIn case you missed it, the thin-skinned mayor's office has responded to my latest DROP story published by Philly mag by placing all of the reporters and editors of that...
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Judge Drops Blanket Of Secrecy Over Long-Running Msgr. Lynn Case
Judge Gwendolyn N. BrightBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe case was first tried seven years ago, and it's been litigated for a total of nine years.There was a time when it was being monitored by the...
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Controller Finds Flawed Procurement Process & Official Conflicts of Interest,...
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netCity Controller Rebecca Rhynhart has concluded that the procurement process that led to the purchase of $29 million in new voting machines for Philadelphia was flawed,...
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Eighteen New Krasner ADAs Flunk Bar Exam
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netWhen he first hired 60 new assistant district attorneys back in September, D.A. Larry Krasner hailed them as an "incredibly bright group of new prosecutors" who...
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Is The Inky Covering For Larry Krasner?
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netNew crusading District Attorney Larry Krasner hires the largest and most diverse incoming class ever of 60 brand new prosecutors. But then we find out that 18 of those...
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Philly Police Probe Alleged Cheating On Training At D.A.'s Office
'By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe Philadelphia Police Department has launched an internal investigation into whether police officers and detectives in the D.A.'s office cheated during annual...
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