Courts & Law

The New Jersey Department of Corrections has lifted a ban on the book “The New Jim Crow” at two of its prisons, following a complaint from the state chapter of the ACLU.

Unpublished Justice Department data on sex crimes shows that people with intellectual disabilities are seven times more likely to be victims of sexual assault.

Three-quarters of Philly's prison inmates have a history of substance addiction. Is the system equipped to help them?

Sessions on Friday launched a review of a little-known but widely used practice of immigration judges closing cases without decisions.

The mass firing is part of fulfilling campaign promises for a shake-up of the office, says a representative of District Attorney Larry Krasner.

According to sources close to the talks, the controversial proposal aimed at addressing the city’s deadly opioid crisis must first overcome resistance from some key players.

Report says Pennsylvania State Police standards for internal investigations of trooper-involved shootings are inconsistent and cause public distrust.

Sessions is rescinding an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country.

One of the state’s most crime-ridden communities recorded a double-digit drop in murders in 2017.

A former Dover Air Force Base airman been sentenced to 30 months in prison for sexually abusing a teenage runaway.

The state of Delaware threaten to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for allegedly failing to protect its residents from poor air quality, unless it takes action.

Veteran civil rights lawyer Larry Krasner is promising drug treatment over incarceration and second chances for nonviolent offenders, among other reforms.

An investigation is ongoing.

He said recent events have "illuminated the depth of the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace."

City police statistics show nearly 1,100 cases of rape were reported in 2017, a 6 percent decline over the previous year.