Courts & Law

A defendant convicted in a drug dealing case will receive a new trial in part because of a comment made on Facebook by a Philadelphia police officer who testified against him.

If Cheyney loses its accreditation, it will not be allowed participate in federal aid programs, which means it will lose millions of dollars in federal funding.

Wilmington’s mayor and treasure squabbled for months about how to repay a $3.4 million bank loan. The tiff ended up in court and the judge wasn’t happy.

Court papers say Smith also suggested targeting a major news network with a car bomb. The news network was not identified.

Retired Bordentown Police Chief Frank Nucera is on trial for a hate crime. Are recordings of him using racist slurs enough to convict him?

Prosecutors say Frank Nucera Jr. was motivated by racial animus when he allegedly slammed a handcuffed black teenager into a door during a 2016 arrest.

The city’s Law Department confirmed that it has retained outside lawyers to provide “legal services” to Councilman Kenyatta Johnson related to “an ongoing investigation."

Delaware’s attorney general wants to dissolve shell companies allegedly used by former Trump allies Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.

The city’s Law Department confirmed that it has retained outside lawyers to provide unspecified “legal services” to Councilman Kenyatta Johnson.

A lawmaker says such aggravating factors contribute to disproportionate incarceration rates for African Americans. Now they no longer mean higher sentences in Delaware.

The top Republican, arrested on child pornography charges, was heavily involved in efforts to overhaul redistricting and elections laws.

An Ocean County contractor has admitted to taking money from 19 Superstorm Sandy victims and not finishing repairs, authorities say. 

This controversial legal mechanism allows police departments and district attorney offices to profit from property seized during arrests, even if a suspect is never convicted

Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly, once Christie's close associates, have accused the government of overreaching in charging them with wire fraud and federal program fraud.

PUC will have to lift injunction that blocked work at Chester County site, lawyers say.