Courts & Law

The ACLU of Pennsylvania says too many low-income residents are spending time behind bars before trial because they can’t afford bail.

A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant was arraigned on gun and drug charges in a case linked to a plot to kill several prominent Democrats and broadcast journalists.

Dozens of people gathered in West Philly Sunday evening to offer support for Kaleb Belay four days after the 25-year-old Ethiopian immigrant was shot by Officer Kevin Pfeifer.

A man who said he was cleaning out an old videotape collection found a video that appears to be R. Kelly sexually abusing girls, he and his attorney said Sunday.

Maryland’s highest court, in a split 4-3 decision, ruled that there will be no new trial for convicted killer Adnan Syed.

Homeless man pleads guilty to New Jersey charge after admitting his guilt to federal charges earlier in the week.

The actor, who is black and gay, told police in late January that he was attacked because of his sexuality by two men in downtown Chicago who wrapped a rope around his neck.

Chelsea Manning, the former Army private, is back in U.S. federal custody, jailed over her refusal to testify in a case involving WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.

A federal court made it harder Thursday for the U.S. government to quickly deport asylum-seekers if they fail an initial screening at the border.

The plan would allow an inmate who is 65 or older and who has completed at least a third of his or her sentence for a less serious crime to apply for geriatric parole.

The state is once again going after ExxonMobil to clean up and pay to restore once pristine natural areas, in this case a 12-acre site in Gloucester County.

Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming the Trump Organization broke a promise to pay his legal bills and owes at least $1.9 million.

The bill would allow survivors to file civil lawsuits against their sexual abusers for conduct that took place years or even decades earlier.

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 47 months in prison for tax and bank fraud related to his work advising Ukrainian politicians.

R&B star R. Kelly was taken into custody on Wednesday for failure to pay more than $160,000 in child support to his ex-wife and their three children.