Courts & Law

For the general public, getting a glimpse of any body or dashcam footage is a rare feat, partly thanks to a Pennsylvania law that makes it hard to access.

The bill creates the Citizens Police Oversight Commission. Backers hope it will increase police accountability and restore trust in the police department.

Delaware's courts will start the long slog through a backlog of hundreds of criminal cases starting next week. The pandemic has halted jury trials since March 2020.

The judge ordered Graham Spanier to begin serving at least two months at the county jail on July 9 for a misdemeanor conviction of endangering the welfare of children.

The Health Department had filed two separate complaints alleging that restaurants were violating pandemic restrictions that Gov. Tom Wolf imposed in December.

The development signals that the Manhattan district attorney’s office was moving toward seeking charges as a result of its two-year investigation.

Just days after the organization sued the county in federal court, claiming its attorneys’ visits were being blocked, an agreement was reached.

A 19-year-old woman died from injuries sustained from Saturday’s mass shooting in Fairfield Township. A second suspect has been arrested.

Law enforcement in Cumberland County say they anticipate more arrests from Saturday’s mass shooting in Fairfield Township.

Police arrested Kevin Bennett in Indianapolis on Saturday after he allegedly raped three women in Philadelphia. He is suspected of sexual assault in eight states.

Authorities confirm that 28-year-old Kevin Bennett, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was arrested by authorities in his home state.

Former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter, who is white, fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist, on April 11.

The panels are housed under a Citizen Advisory Commission Gov. Tom Wolf set up in the wake of racial justice protests, after George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin.

The latest appeal filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal and a related suit brought by the widow of Officer Daniel Faulkner will now go before Pennsylvania's Supreme Court.

The Philly District Attorney’s office has begun diverting young people into an after-school arts program for a chance to expunge their records.