Courts & Law

Janet and Janine Africa were released from prison Saturday after serving more than 40 years in the death of a Philadelphia police officer.

Two Superstorm Sandy contractors stole more than $2 million dollars from clients, prosecutors allege. 

MLB is investigating the Phillies center fielder’s arrest for alleged domestic violence.

Nearly 67,000 people's expunged prison booking history was available through an inmate lookup tool on the Bucks County website.

Right now, you can’t even check in for jury duty online.

A former Penn State fraternity brother erased security camera footage from the night a pledge died because he knew it would be damaging.

Murders and shootings are up in Philly over this time last year. The police department will deploy dozens of additional officers to patrol the streets this summer.

Missouri is within days of losing its last remaining health center that provides abortions. Unless a court intervenes, it will become the first state without such a clinic.

The commissioner's office put Herrera on leave Tuesday, a day after his arrest on an assault charge at the Golden Nugget casino.

The justices on Tuesday rejected an appeal from students who argued that allowing transgender students to use the same facilities violated their right to privacy.

Turnover among Delaware’s child-abuse investigators runs 40% a year. The state doesn’t have enough to meet its legal standard for caseloads.

The Equal Justice Center will be a one-stop-shop for low-income residents to get help from Philly’s civil legal aid community.

The Pa. Attorney General’s office is investigating the disposal of contaminated water from a landfill that accepts fracking waste to a sewage treatment plant in Fayette County

A former business manager of Stan Lee was arrested Saturday on elder abuse charges involving the late comic book legend.

The chief of the San Francisco Police Department, Bill Scott, issued an apology Friday for a recent raid on the home of a freelance journalist.