Criminal Justice

Year after year, according to the reports, troopers were roughly two to three times more likely to search black or Hispanic drivers than white drivers.

Thirteen alleged members of the “Sevens” gang have been charged with crimes including kidnapping, sex trafficking, child pornography and murder.

Crime in Pa. has been on the decline for two decades, and changing attitudes towards incarceration have dramatically lowered the state prison population.

A man is now free despite decades-old shoplifting charges that threatened to keep him in prison even after he received a rare commutation.

Members of a Pa. Supreme Court-appointed task force say grand jury reports raise “considerable due process concerns.”

People from Adams and Philadelphia counties are hoping their shared views on the criminal justice system can make a difference.

The school board election in Tamaqua was framed as a referendum on its controversial gun policy, which would be a first in the state.

This controversial legal mechanism allows police departments and district attorney offices to profit from property seized during arrests, even if a suspect is never convicted

Under the bill, people convicted of first-degree murder — intentionally killing another person — would be eligible for parole after serving 35 years.

Starting Friday, 40 million criminal charges in Pa. will be eligible for automatic sealing, potentially giving thousands of residents a second chance.

As counties have scaled up the practice to fund local police, our investigation found that seemingly innocent people are getting caught in the rush for cash.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania says it’s dropping a long-running lawsuit against Luzerne County over lack of fu ...

The suit holds two Pa. departments responsible for constitutional violations and other infractions against children sent to the prominent Delaware County reform school.

Among their arguments: shutting down the proposed injection sites would violate the group’s Judeo-Christian convictions.

Federal officials are asking gun owners to immediately destroy or turn over bump stocks after a nationwide ban took effect this week.