Courts & Law

Elected leaders, police officers and members of the criminal justice community walked a mile in a newly-released prisoner’s shoes.

Each one of the 148,522 people who voted for Krasner can and should take a part in helping him fulfill his campaign promises. One way to do that is public pressure.

A state-level challenge to how congressional districts were drawn by Republicans six years ago will proceed on a compressed schedule, a closely divided Pennsylvania Supreme Co

The settlement also provides for increased review of prisoners at the facility who have mental illnesses.

The third full day of jury deliberations in the corruption case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menenendez ended Thursday without a verdict, and the panel of 12 is losing a member.

Six inmates have pleaded not guilty in connection with a fatal Delaware prison uprising that occurred earlier this year.

Since 2014, police have handed out 6,940 citations for possession — which garners a $25 fine — and public use. That translates to $312,525 owed to the city.

When a Pennsylvania State Police officer is involved in a shooting, the agency investigates the matter internally, but that approach is currently being challenged.

Philadelphia's new DA promises an emphasis on leniency and providing options other than incarceration to low-level offenders. That seems to be working out in Manhattan.

Cpl. Seth Kelly, 39, remained hospitalized in critical condition after suffering gunshot wounds to his neck and shoulder area and to his leg in the close-quarters gunfight.

We should not be voting for judges. The partisan process taints the impartiality so critical to the bench, and diminishes public confidence in the court system.

The shooting happened on a highway in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, about 65 miles north of Philadelphia.

A former prison culinary instructor is suing Delaware education officials in federal court, claiming he was wrongfully fired for speaking about a deadly prison riot.

City Councilman David Oh's bill fall short in committee, despite homeowners telling stories of spending months trying to get illegal squatters out of their homes.

Anthony Coletta was left paralyzed and brain damaged after he was thrown from his sulky and trampled by a horse in a crash his attorney blamed on poor track conditions.