Courts & Law

A Pennsylvania police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager has been charged with criminal homicide.

The order, which came down late Tuesday, is the result of an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit.

The 280-page bipartisan effort, “Report on Capital Punishment in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” examined 17 aspects of the system, and proposed a series of reforms

A 19-year-old man who authorities allege threatened to shoot students and faculty at his high school graduation is now facing an additional charge of terrorism. 

Coons, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will introduce legislation to make clear that the U.S. does 'not tolerate discrimination based on religion or nationality.'

A Philadelphia judge has denied Meek Mill's petition for a new trial in his decade-old drug and gun convictions despite support for the request by the DA's office.

The 5-4 decision Tuesday is the court's first substantive ruling on a Trump administration policy.

In a new opinion, justices say several people — not dioceses themselves — are challenging release of the report on constitutional grounds.

The nation's top border enforcement official acknowledged they have abandoned their effort to prosecute immigrant families who cross the southern border.

A long-awaited study suggests changes in how the death penalty works in Pennsylvania, including a subcommittee's recommendation to improve legal defense in capital cases.

Family members of Sgt. Robert Wilson III were told late Friday about the plea deal for brothers Carlton Hipps and Ramone Williams that offered life plus 50 to 100 years.

Mary Catherine Roper of the ACLU of Pennsylvania gives the new policy a B-minus.

To gain their release from custody and last night's reunion, the woman sued the U.S. government.

In a major win for privacy rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that police must obtain a search warrant in order to get access to cellphone location information.

Aside from Pennsylvania, nine other states are involved, and more may join.