Courts & Law

The N.J. Department of Corrections has come under fire from criminal justice and public health advocates who say its policy of targeted screening for the virus falls short.

A petition seeks big changes to the grievance arbitration process for city cops.

It reflects what the industry says is a rush by people to buy weapons in reaction to the Democratic presidential candidates' calls for tighter restrictions.

Council President Hanifa Shabazz had said she felt threatened by Dion Wilson’s remarks. Police charged him, but a prosecutor dropped the charges.

Two former high-ranking officials with a New Jersey youth baseball league who played in the Little League World Series two years ago have admitted stealing league funds.

Those charged include employees from the international security firm Tiger Swan.

Victims who were previously barred from suing because they didn’t act during the allotted time period now have a two-year window to file claims.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the SDNY and FBI investigators are making their way through what prosecutor Douglas Zolkind called a "voluminous" amount of evidence in the case

Attorneys at the Defender Association of Philadelphia say unionization will help them better serve clients in criminal court.

Any sexual abuse survivor, abused at any time in N.J., can sue their abuser even if previously blocked by statute of limitations, for the next two years.

When Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws after a years-long battle, absent from the bill-signing ceremony were some of the people who had worked hard.

Carmela Apolonio Hernandez has been living in sanctuary for almost two years since ICE tried to deport her family. She begins fasting today in protest.

Members of a Pa. Supreme Court-appointed task force say grand jury reports raise “considerable due process concerns.”

Assailants may no longer be able to claim they acted in the heat of the moment when they learned of the victim's sexual orientation or gender identity.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not consider an appeal filed by convicted killer Adnan Syed.