Courts & Law

On the first Friday of this month, four inmates at the Cumberland County jail in South Jersey overdosed in their cells almost simultaneously.

Gov. John Carney signed three bills Thursday that aim to divert juveniles away from the criminal justice system —where about 3,000 juveniles are arrested every year.

A federal grand jury charged the former employee of the DuPont spin-off with conspiracy.

City Controller Alan Butkovitz says eliminating cash bail could save Phillly millions — and help poor suspects who could lose their jobs while in jail and awaiting trial.

Investigators find that Philip Ahr, who heads Radnor Township's board of commissioners, had shared and solicited graphic child pornography since 2013, the DA's office says.

Prosecutors are appealing a judge's decision to throw out criminal charges against the engineer in a deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia.

Wilmington Trust has reached a $60 million settlement with the U.S. Attorney’s office for its alleged role of hiding the amount of past due loans on the bank’s books.

Attorneys have agreed to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by a former Delaware state trooper who claimed she was forced to resign because she was overweight.

The two-man unit scours all sources for information on unsolved murders in northern Delaware, from DNA evidence to social media.

Two current inmates are suing Philadelphia's Federal Detention Center to overturn a policy that blocks some of their loved ones from visiting them as they await trial.

State Sen. Joe Pennacchio, a Republican from Morris County, said 27 people in New Jersey have been exonerated since 1989 after an average of 10 years behind bars.

The first Monday in October, the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term, prompts an almost annual question:  Why don’t ...

Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pelligrini heard arguments Wednesday over whether to stay a lawsuit over the state’s congressional distric ...

As the Trump administration moves to end DACA, health care providers rally behind the roughly 20,000 recipients they say fill important needs in the medical industry.

A 24-year-old man arrested for shoplifting last month died while being held at the Dover Police Department.