Courts & Law

Federal judges could reconsider a ruling allowing SEPTA to refuse to run ads about housing discrimination.

Opponents of the victims’ rights amendment say it’s too broad and would cause “immediate and irreparable harm” to the accused. Marsy’s Law backers firmly disagree.

A year ago, a gunman killed 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Prosecutors are seeking a death sentence. Here's why some survivors object.

Industry advocate calls hearings a ‘last-ditch effort’ to stop legally permitted project.

The Pagans now have 17 chapters, the state Commission of Investigation says, up from 10 a few years ago, and some of its members continue to break the law.

Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of 2-year-old Nikolette Rivera.

Speakers at a Tuesday press conference in Trenton highlighted the recommendations, which involved issues of addiction, health care, jobs, housing and the law.

The department joins a growing effort to team up with behavioral health experts to help people with substance use disorder or mental health issues.

The lawyer who represented the families of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown says there is “legalized genocide” in U.S. He talked about his new book at WHYY.

Poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts talks about how his years in prison lead him to poetry and criminal justice reform.

An elaborate embezzlement scheme involved funneling seniors’ funds through a shell company and a church where two of the three defendants were pastors.

Almost a year after lines opened, residents will say the project remains a risk to public safety.

Madinah Brown says Delaware youth rehabilitation officials discriminated against her. State officials counter that wearing hijab at work puts her at risk.

Two Old City business owners intentionally set the massive 2018 fire that shut down the 200 block of Chestnut Street, federal authorities charged.

A jury has found Michael White not guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 fatal stabbing of real estate developer Sean Schellenger in Rittenhouse Square.