Courts & Law

More than 75% of the people incarcerated in Pennsylvania prisons are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but only 22% of corrections staff have gotten the shots.

Sunoco’s defenders say the plan will help complete the work, while opponents urge DEP to deny the permits.

Catholic Social Services is affiliated with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The agency has said that its beliefs prevent it from certifying same-sex couples as fosters.

The decision threw out the challenge to the law, on grounds that Texas and other objecting GOP-dominated states were not required to pay anything under the mandate provision.

A Delaware probation officer wanted Keith Gibson to spend more years in prison. A public defender and the judge pushed back, and he was set free.

Survivors of domestic and gang violence have better odds of getting asylum in the U.S. as the Justice Department reverses several controversial rulings from Trump.

In a scathing report, Philly DA Larry Krasner accused Philadelphia law enforcement officials of winning convictions in decades-old cases through unjust means.

We discuss Fulton v. City of Philadelphia ahead of the Supreme Court decision that pits the religious rights against LGBTQ civil rights.

The DA’s comments come as Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill cracking down on people riding ATVs on city streets.

Pandemic restrictions left many people sitting in jails waiting for their days in court. Their loved ones and attorneys want the wheels of justice moving again.

Judge Paul Diamond in Philadelphia ruled the GOP had no legal right to sue, writing the dispute "is primarily partisan and is best resolved through the political process.”

Faced with a #MeToo reckoning, the FBI says it is getting serious about sexual harassment in its ranks.

A son of Pakistani immigrants has just been confirmed as the first Muslim American federal judge in U.S. history.

Patrik Jordan Mathews briefly lived in the Newark area when he was caught on tape constructing rifle parts and talking about committing violent crimes, authorities say.

The PPD officer who arrested Jacob Giddings allegedly deleted the video of the arrest on Giddings' phone, which was all on police body camera footage.