Courts & Law

A new debate over the police practice of shooting at moving vehicles stems from last year’s fatal shooting of Lymond Moses by New Castle County police.

A jury convicted all three defendants of murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and attempted false imprisonment in November.

The Biden administration has estimated the rule would affect tens of millions of workers.

A Wilmington jury found Delaware State Sen. Darius Brown not guilty of assaulting a woman last year. Senate leaders still plan their own investigation.

Officials say the probe is one of the largest and most resource-intensive investigations in American history. More than 700 people have been charged already.

Philly police say they can reduce crime by reassigning officers to street duty and creating a new unit designed to curb non-fatal shootings.

"We will follow the facts wherever they lead," Garland said. "The actions we have taken thus far will not be our last."

The first of several lawsuits coming from the civil rights organization accuses a correctional officer of leading the beatings of two men last year, a month apart.

Keith Plessy, whose great-great-grandfather was Plessy’s cousin, called the event “truly a blessed day for our ancestors … and for children not yet born.”

The case was tarnished by detectives who allegedly offered a witness sex and drugs at police headquarters in exchange for false testimony.

The new leader of Philadelphia’s Defender Association spoke to WHYY’s Cherri Gregg about advocating for clients and "a crisis of mass incarceration."

Elizabeth Holmes, the former chief executive of the once high-flying biotech startup Theranos, was found guilty on four counts of defrauding the company's investors.

The judge said the rights of Willie Stokes were violated because he wasn't told that a key witness against him had been prosecuted for perjury after his conviction.

New York’s attorney general recently issued subpoenas to former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children in connection with an ongoing civil investigation.

During a virtual ceremony, Krasner committed to investing in violence prevention after a record-breaking number of people were murdered in Philadelphia in 2021.