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Secretive Judge Postpones 'Billy Doe' Show Trial Until Next Year
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netAccording to an order issued by Judge Gwendolyn Bright, the lying, scheming former altar boy known as "Billy Doe" was supposed to show up this morning under subpoena in...
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Stung By Criticism On Social Media, D.A. Larry Krasner Dials 911
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIt's been a rough few days for District Attorney Larry Krasner.On Friday, he tried to visit Temple University Hospital where a murdered police officer's family was...
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A Month Before Cop Murder, D.A. Twice Let Drug Dealer Out Of Jail
Photo credit: Tim Tai/The Philadelphia InquirerBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe month before 19-year-old Bilal Mitchell was holed up with Hassan Elliott in a Frankford row house that got stormed...
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Another Coronavirus Casualty: Philly Police To Stop Making Arrests
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netAt 4 p.m. today, because of the coronavirus health crisis, Philadelphia police will no longer be making arrests for all narcotics offenses, theft from persons, retail...
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District Attorney Lied About Public Records Because He Doesn't Want Public To...
Photo credit: Tim Tai/The Philadelphia InquirerBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netDistrict Attorney Larry Krasner lied about the existence of public records that would show just how many cases his inept...
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On 'Search Warrant' Podcast Big Trial Explains 'The Krasner Virus'
Photo credit: Tim Tai/The Philadelphia InquirerThis week's "Search Warrant" podcast digs into the insane events of the past two weeks in Philadelphia, beginning with the murder of Cpl. James...
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How D.A. Helped Haitian Who Beat And Strangled Fiancé Stay In USA
Caleb Arnold Photo Credit: Kimberly Paynter/WHYYBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netStarson Audate, 23, of Haiti, was in the country on a student visa in 2017 when he beat and strangled his...
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To Address Corruption, Pennsylvania Must Change Laws That Enable It
Philly mag archive: Photo: Matt Rourke/AP; Illustration: GluekitBy A. Benjamin Mannesfor BigTrial.netWhen most Americans think of corruption, images of the Daley machine in Chicago, Tammany Hall in New...
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A Reporter's Rogues Gallery
If you're looking for some light reading while under house arrest during the coronavirus pandemic, I've recently updated my own web page at ralphcipriano.com.It's a virtual rogues gallery of all the...
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Cops Fearful of Catching Coronavirus
Photo credit: NY Post/Robert MillerBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netOn March 17th, a line of people down the block was waiting outside the Police Department's Gun Permits Unit.At a time when the...
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Wimpy-Ass Mayor Kenney Finally Calls Out D.A. Krasner
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe progressive honeymoon at City Hall is suddenly over.This afternoon, Mayor Jim "Sanctuary City Happy Dance"Kenney called out District Attorney Larry Krasner. At a...
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Philadelphia's Only Surging Industry: Crime
Photo Credit: Steven M. Falk/The Philadelphia InquirerBy A. Benjamin Mannesfor City JournalLast week, Philadelphia's police department reported that criminal activity in the first three months of this...
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What A Social Justice Reporter Left Out Of Her Inspiring Story
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIt's an uplifting story about a woman unjustly convicted of murder that has a happy ending. What could be wrong with that?In 2010, Cynthia Alvarado, then a 27-year-old...
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Tales From The Archive: Bringing The Unicorn To Justice
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netFrom Courtroom Cowboy, The Life of Legal Trailblazer Jim BeasleyFederal Express was making an international delivery to an old stone millhouse in the South of France....
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Why Did The Mayor Turn On The D.A.?
Photo illustration: C.J. BurtonBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netLast week, there was a seismic shift at City Hall.At yet another press conference called to update citizens on the coronavirus crisis,...
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McNesby On Krasner: 'It's Time For Him To Go"
Photo Credit: Tim Tai/The Philadelphia InquirerBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netFOP President John McNesby has an explanation for why Mayor Kenney, after three years of silence, suddenly blasted the...
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What's Up With The Commish?
The Commish On ZoomBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIf she was in self-quarantine, it didn't last long.A day after the city's managing director said the new police commissioner was working from home --...
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Virus Postpones Pet Therapy Session For Stressed-Out D.A.'s Office
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netDuring the recent coronavirus pandemic, everybody's had to make sacrifices. For overwrought prosecutors in the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, it's meant the...
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City Officials Clueless About How To Stem Rising Gun Violence
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netOn Easter weekend in Philadelphia, the churches were closed, but out on the streets, people were busy shooting and stabbing each other.Over the weekend, police recorded...
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My Twitter Spat With Will Bunch -- And Why He And His Newspaper Are Full Of It
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIt had to happen at some point.For months on this blog, I've been trashing my old paper, The Philadelphia Inquirer, for its coverage, or should I say non-coverage of...
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