Courts & Law

This is exactly the wrong time for such a move, critics say, especially one that would hit youth hard.

The three other police officers on the scene when a Minneapolis officer pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder.

On Tuesday, a group of state House Democrats and local Philadelphia lawmakers proposed dozens of reforms regarding police training, discipline, and oversight.

At least three people say they were attacked in Fishtown Monday by members of a group of white men with bats, after their concerns were ignored by police.

Some in the department questioned why guidelines like this weren’t issued sooner.

Advocates for victims say the sped-up timeline defeats their purpose: to give victims time to confront abuse and decide on their own terms to come forward.

The video has been shared widely on social media and the death of the African American man in police custody has sparked outrage.

The perceived failure of the Murphy administration to keep incarcerated people safe is also the subject of an ongoing court battle.

Syiede Booker and Brionna Wright face multiple charges in the wrongful deaths of two children in Philadelphia this week.

Pa. state prisons have released 153 people through a program to prevent the spread of COVID-19 — a total even prison officials say is lower than expected.

Judge John Russo was removed from the bench and permanently barred from presiding over a courtroom in New Jersey.

A judge ordered the U.S. government to better explain why it hasn’t released some of the approximate 350 parents and children in three family detention centers.

The five-stage plan coincides with the state’s color-coded reopening plan.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said 50-year-old William “Roddie” Bryan was arrested on charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.

U.S. Attorney William McSwain says a judge of elections stuffed ballot boxes at his South Philly polling place on behalf of certain judicial candidates.