Courts & Law

After weeking of lobbying from advocacy groups and failed legislation, Gov. Tom Wolf issued the order to help stop the spread of COVID-19 behind bars.

PPD Commissioner Outlaw acknowledged conditions are “not ideal.”

The city is not releasing how many have tested positive, but Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw is not among them.

A former hippie guru who lived the high life in Europe for years after murdering his ex-girlfriend in Philadelphia in the 1970s has died in prison.

Delaware’s Chief Public Defender is urging officials to release some people in state prisons as part of its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

An asylum seeker from Ghana who said he was attacked by a mob led by his father because of his sexuality has shown a valid fear of persecution, a U.S. appeals case said.

Quarantine is nothing like prison, but finding help and work is tougher than ever.

Crowded conditions in immigration detention could spread coronavirus. The lack of social distancing is compounded by limited access to soap, according to an ACLU complaint.

Penn State University will be required to make major changes to how it deals with sexual assault complaints

Long before the coronavirus pandemic reached Philadelphia, advocates were on the front lines of another crisis: gun violence.

Delaware, along with other states, is taking measures to decrease its prison population as part of the nationwide effort to flatten the curve of coronavirus.

Advocates for domestic violence victims in Delaware are adjusting how they provide services during coronavirus shutdowns.

According to immigration attorneys, conditions in family detention centers create “a crisis that threatens the lives of women, men and children.”

The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling in favor of a black media mogul and comedian who’s suing cable giant Comcast alleging racial discrimination.

Without comment, a majority of the state’s high court late Sunday denied the petition by a gun shop, a gun purchaser and a law firm to have Wolf’s shutdown order thrown out.