Courts & Law

It’s a troubling trend on top of this year’s substantial increases thus far in both shooting victims and homicide victims.

Sheilah Coley was praised for diversifying and modernizing the department, but was criticized for the city’s violence and telling officers to stand down during unrest.

State law prevents Philadelphia from enacting its own gun control measures. A new lawsuit against the General Assembly aims to change that.

Keith Gibbson has been arrested following the killing of Dunkin' store manager Christine Lugo in North Philadelphia. Sources say he's also a suspect in two other murders.

The $64 billion pension fund claimed in a new IRS filing that its previous disclosures were poorly worded and filed in "error."

The city is asking the court to invalidate a Pa. rule that makes it illegal for municipalities to pass their own measures aimed at curbing gun violence.

Two Senate committees have found that U.S. Capitol Police and others were in possession of more alarming intelligence clues ahead of the attack than previously documented.

Krasner is asking for community input on how his office can reform the justice system in the city and help stop the gun violence epidemic.

The decision upheld a state appellate court ruling issued last October. That panel ruled unanimously that Grewal has the authority to release the files.

The January events at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women have led to criminal charges against 10 guards by the state AG, whose investigation is still underway.

The policy shift abandons a practice decried by news organizations and press freedom groups.

A federal judge has ordered the PPD to test what happens when officers change how they handle quality of life offenses like littering, panhandling, and carrying open liquor co

Should qualified immunity, the doctrine that protects the police from civil lawsuits, be ended?

As White House counsel from January 2017 until October 2018, McGahn was in Trump's inner circle for most of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe.

The board will be in charge of bringing change to Delco’s juvenile justice system following closure of the its youth detention center due to allegations of child abuse.