Courts & Law

Office of Defense Services Chief Defender Brendan O’Neill said a backlog of jury trials being scheduled will challenge the entire criminal justice system.

With another conservative nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy moves to codify abortion rights into state law.

The recording could answer lingering questions about how prosecutors have handled a case that has fueled protests in Kentucky and across the nation.

President Donald Trump has nominated Barrett to take the seat of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an abortion-rights supporter who died last month.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health has abandoned the plan to shelter 40 unaccompanied minors at its Devon site.

People in Pa. can even use the outdated “gay panic” defense to justify violence.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf may once again enforce size limits on gatherings while it appeals the lower court order.

An investigation by The Appeal and Spotlight PA found that troopers in three counties have taken drivers’ money with little evidence, sometimes the result of illegal searches.

Starting in 2016, officials were repeatedly told about dangerous lead levels in drinking water in at least 10 schools, but failed to fix tainted fountains and sinks.

A day after the Census Bureau tweeted out a new "target date" of Oct. 5 for ending 2020 census counting, a federal judge said she thinks the change may violate a court order.

Linda Favre, 65, of Camden-Wyoming, was arraigned on 19 charges, including animal cruelty.

In past years, more than 1,000 people have shown up to the annual rally. This year, it had to be rescheduled because organizers received a threat.

On Friday, the women's rights trailblazer and second woman to join the high court lay in state at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman to do so.

The Philadelphia Bar Foundation had struggled to keep tenants on board and meet certain fundraising goals last year.

In its Sept. 17 ruling, the divided state Supreme Court said ballots must be postmarked by the time polls close and be received by county election boards at 5 p.m. on Nov. 6.