Courts & Law

District Attorney Larry Krasner on Friday filed a motion to drop murder charges against the black bicycle courier accused of fatally stabbing a Center City developer.

Dion Wilson is a frequent government critic at City Council meetings. Police say he went too far and the council president feared ‘for her safety.’

The wife of a slain Philadelphia police officer wants the district attorney removed from a possible retrial of her husband's killer, Mumia Abu Jamal.

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to plunge into the abortion debate in the midst of the 2020 presidential campaign.

The lawsuit alleges Darius Sarro was raped and bullied by other inmates on multiple occasions over a two-year period, while housed at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.

DA Krasner’s new online dashboard updates daily, from arrests to sentences.

Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam Jr. is the latest controversy in a line of corrupt city officials so long that it spawned a hit HBO TV series.

A federal judge on Wednesday agreed to hold up N.J.’s recent political donor disclosure law in response to a lawsuit brought by a think tank founded by the Koch brothers.

A judge’s decision that the facility proposed by Safehouse would be legal touched off mixed emotions among those living amid the city’s opioid crisis.

The verdict hinges on the credibility of two officers who testified against their old boss.

In a decision that could pave the way for the 1st U.S. supervised injection site, a judge ruled Safehouse’s plan wouldn’t violate the Controlled Substances Act.

The magnitude of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation was brought to light by Miami Herald reporter JULIE K. BROWN who got to the bottom of this explosive story.

The magnitude of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation was brought to light by Miami Herald reporter JULIE K. BROWN who got to the bottom of this explosive story.

A Dallas jury has found former police Officer Amber Guyger guilty of murder for fatally shooting a neighbor who lived in the apartment directly above hers last year.

Delaware is working through a backlog of untested rape kits, some decades old. Advocates say it assures victims they’ll be believed if they come forward.