Ellie Rushing
Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Floridian turned Philadelphian. Covering criminal justice issues and gun violence for @Phillyinquirer. DM or email [email protected]. She/her.
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2 days ago |
inquirer.com | Ellie Rushing
LGP Qua, a popular rapper known for speaking on the challenges and realities of surviving as a young Black man in Philadelphia, was shot and killed over the weekend in what police believe was a robbery. Qidere Johnson, 30, and a friend were near M and Luzerne Streets around 4:30 p.m. Sunday when they were ambushed by two men in masks, armed with guns, police said.
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5 days ago |
gazettextra.com | Ellie Rushing
PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania's Board of Pardons on Friday voted to recommend commuting the life sentence of Marie Scott, a 71-year-old woman with cancer who has spent more than a half-century incarcerated for murder and who a community of advocates in Philadelphia have said should be released. The board voted unanimously to recommend that Scott's sentence be reduced to time served. Gov.
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5 days ago |
thederrick.com | Ellie Rushing
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s Board of Pardons on Friday voted to recommend commuting the life sentence of Marie Scott, a 71-year-old woman with cancer who has spent more than a half-century incarcerated for murder and who a community of advocates in Philadelphia have said should be released. The board voted unanimously to recommend that Scott’s sentence be reduced to time served. Gov.
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5 days ago |
inquirer.com | Ellie Rushing
A 71-year-old woman who has spent more than a half-century in prison for murder is expected to go before Pennsylvania’s Board of Pardons on Friday and ask for mercy. Marie Scott has been in prison since 1973, after she and her 16-year-old boyfriend, Leroy Saxton, robbed a Germantown gas station. She was 19 and addicted to heroin when she helped Saxton tie up the cashier, Michael Kerrigan, and then rifle through the store’s cash register and safe.
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6 days ago |
dailyitem.com | Ellie Rushing
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s Board of Pardons on Friday voted to recommend commuting the life sentence of Marie Scott, a 71-year-old woman with cancer who has spent more than a half-century incarcerated for murder and who a community of advocates in Philadelphia have said should be released. The board voted unanimously to recommend that Scott’s sentence be reduced to time served. Gov.
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