Courts & Law

The punishment exceeds the state's minimum guidelines but falls short of prosecutors' request of a 30-year sentence.

Judge Peter Cahill denied the request Friday, saying defense attorney Eric Nelson has not shown that abused its discretion and denied Chauvin the right to a fair trial.

Bahaa Dawara was sentenced for setting fire to his family's Old City hookah bar and lounge for insurance money in 2018.

The bill is rooted in recent data that show Philadelphia police pull over a disproportionate number of Black drivers for minor traffic violations.

More than 500 people have been charged so far in connection with the Capitol breach.

Delaware is outlawing ghost guns, which are often assembled at home using unfinished firing mechanisms and other untraceable parts.

Under the settlement agreement, the money will go to a pair of organizations that raise money to bail out incarcerated people who are locked up pre-trial.

The court voted 8-1 in favor of Brandi Levy, who was a 14-year-old high school freshman when she expressed her disappointment over not making the varsity cheerleading team.

One of two Delaware County brothers convicted of setting fire to their Old City business back in 2018 will spend nearly a decade behind bars.

A long-awaited report on Pa.’s juvenile justice system found wide racial disparities and minimal use of diversion to keep young people out of the system in the first place.

Prosecutors say they’ve connected six murders in the Wilmington area to the NorthPak gang. Fourteen defendants have been indicted on 120 charges.

The court ruled that NCAA rules are not reasonably necessary to distinguish between college and professional sports. Still, the ruling could be potentially transformative.

We cover the Supreme Court's decision on Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, controversial college scholarships issued to students of the Milton Hershey School, and Ray Didinger.

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.