Courts & Law

Her nomination to the state’s highest court was confirmed by a unanimous vote in the state Senate.

37 years ago, Jim McCloskey founded Centurion, the first non-profit dedicated to helping exonerate people wrongly convicted of crimes.

Come Sept. 8, jurors will listen from the gallery, Plexiglas will separate witnesses from prosecutors and defense attorneys. Public, press will be on Zoom.

The probe apparently concerns allegations that Chief Justice Thomas Saylor may have improperly interfered in disciplinary matters involving former Justice Cynthia Baldwin.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will receive the honor in Philadelphia on Constitution Day next month.

There’s a growing consensus in Pennsylvania that laws allowing professional license denials based on “moral character” are useless. A court has concurred.

The settlement fund has so far paid about $720 million to retired players for neurocognitive problems linked to NFL concussions, including more than $300 million for dementia.

The $40 million federal grant covers facilities in five states, some of which are already licensed to receive youth.

Judge Bradley K. Moss will transition out of his role amid a pandemic expected to result in a crushing wave of evictions.

Law enforcement has lost track of more than 25,000 convicted sex offenders across the U.S., leaving their whereabouts unknown to victims and public, NPR has found.

Federal, state and local officials framed the announcement as a step in Philadelphia’s effort to stem a rising tide of gun violence and homicides.

If her nomination is confirmed by the state Senate, Fabiana Pierre-Louis would be the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in New Jersey.

Lawyers for the company say Trump's crackdown is not driven by national security concerns, but rather an attempt "to further the president's anti-China political campaign."

The investigation centers on whether the Trump Organization and the president improperly inflated the value of assets to secure loans and tax benefits.

The state Supreme Court could decide as early as Monday whether to take over a lawsuit that would order counties to count mail-in ballots without secrecy envelopes.