Courts & Law

The two Sacramento police officers whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last year prompted nationwide protests will not face criminal charges, prosecutors announced.

Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta is joining a push in New Mexico, Nevada, New Jersey and New York to legalize medically assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.

Cohen’s words were harsh, but in looking back at the first two years of Trump’s presidency, there were glimpses of the traits Cohen described.

Andrea W. Clarke faces six counts of fraud as well as charges of making false statements to help immigrants use fake stories to apply for green cards.

A coalition of environmental advocacy organizations has asked a federal judge to block the commencement of seismic airgun blasting.

The number of inmates in Pennsylvania has hit the lowest point in a decade, but prison officials say the time isn’t right to close a prison.

Netanyahu will still have a chance to hold off any indictment during a court hearing. And in the meantime, he remains in office and seeks reelection in April.

Numbers from the state Department of Corrections provide context for the breadth of the problem across Pennsylvania. Figures for the most recent year were released in February

The Real Justice PAC, which is now allied with Shaun King, paid for three embedded staffers for Larry Krasner’s campaign for Philadelphia District Attorney.

A judge has set sentencing for March 29.

Erie Bishop Lawrence Persico has been outspoken about the sexual abuse scandals that have stained the Catholic Church. Even he is taking a wait-and-see approach.

U.S. District Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro ruled that Vasquez will serve the illegal re-entry and sexual assault sentencings consecutively.

The truck driver who hit and killed Emily Fredricks, a 24-year-old pastry chef riding to work on a Spruce Street bike lane in 2017, could face prison time.

The controversy has raised the question of what takes precedent: the safety and security of prisons or the protection of attorney-client privilege?

Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years.