Courts & Law

Former Philadelphia DA Seth Williams will be sentenced Tuesday. Prosecutors want 5 years in prison.

About 35 volunteers spent their Saturday working together to harness the power of technology to help people coming out of prison rebuild their lives.

An attorney specializing in intellectual property said the case is significant because no lawsuit under the statute has been tried by a jury before.

Sessions' speech went on without incident, but by mid-afternoon protesters that had gathered and marched through the city clashed with Philadelphia officers.

A multi-million dollar gambling ring has been broken up in Philadelphia. Philadelphia police have arrested nine people and charged ...

An attorney for Bruce L. Castor says the personal-injury complaint will claim Andrea Constand sued Castor for defamation in 2015 so he would lose the prosecutor's race.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court disbarred Philadelphia's former top prosecutor, the latest blow to the jailed ex-district attorney who pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal.

In a new push to fight the opioid crisis, New Jersey state officials are trying to stop the flow of legal but highly addictive painkillers at the source: doctors.

Guest: James Forman, Jr. The American criminal justice system disproportionately affects people of color, and t ...

Radee Prince faced trial this February in a Delaware court for allegedly beating the owner of a used-car lot in Wilmington — the same man he is accused of shooting Wednesday.

Delaware State Police released surveillance video of a woman wanted in connection with a carjacking at a Wawa convenience store in Claymont.

After a multistate manhunt, police have captured the 37-year-old man suspected of shooting five former co-workers in Maryland and then a sixth person in Wilmington, Delaware.

State-by-state analysis of spending on prison health care shows Pennsylvania near the bottom.

A federal jury in Philadelphia has convicted former rebel commander Mohammad Jabbateh of lying about his involvement in mass atrocities during Liberia’s first civil war.

The Pa. State Police must serve municipalities that don't have full-time local services. And as more localities have opted out, state taxpayers have been footing the bill.