Courts & Law

Larry Krasner, Philadelphia's progressive incoming district attorney, intends to shake up the office upon being sworn in on Jan. 2.

BuzzFeed News reporter Katie Baker investigated the company’s response to these complaints. She sat down with NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller to discuss what she found.

Two weeks after Robin West vanished, her family learned that she had been murdered. But the bad news did not end there.

Imagine being on a jury and deliberating cases on controversial topics that dominate our daily conversations. Would your views change in the jury room?

The Supreme Court is taking up a case about privacy rights that could limit the government's ability to track Americans' movements in the digital age.

Trash bags containing decapitated birds were recently discovered in a Jersey Shore town.

Lawyers for indicted Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski asked a federal judge in Philadelphia on Tuesday to dismiss the more than 50-count corr ...

FBI agents have searched a wildlife refuge along the Jersey Shore as they investigate the decades-old disappearance of two boys who were roommates at a state facility.

The standard for harassment under the law is high, and only an estimated 3 percent to 6 percent of the cases ever make it to trial.

Barring a turbulent end to 2017, the year could end with fewer than 20 complaints — down from 65 in 2014.

Redina Rodriguez was released from Pa. state prison one year ago and says she wants to change. But the odds of her staying out are long, while the stakes couldn't be higher.

When it comes to court debt, most states — including Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey — will suspend your driver’s license un ...

Civil liberties and privacy groups are increasingly raising objections to the suitcase-sized devices known as StingRays.

The 50-year-old justice has been almost exactly what conservatives hoped for and liberals dreaded when he joined the court in April.

Philadelphia's top public defender, Keir Bradford-Grey argues the Philadelphia rapper's case "amplifies the problem."