Criminal Justice

Pennsylvania law has made people liable for second-degree murder if they participated in an eligible felony that led to death.

The legislation was voted out of committee last May. It would give judges more discretion to waive fines and fees for poor defendants.

A federal judge has appointed veteran prosecutor Robert Frazer as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, ending a dispute between the judiciary and Trump administration.

Christopher Knight, a former sergeant at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, will be sentenced in July.

Bill Stevenson y la futura primera dama se divorciaron hace medio siglo. Ahora, Stevenson se encuentra detenido bajo fianza de 2 millones de dólares.

Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, live in the Philadelphia suburbs and drove together to New York City to carry out the attack near Gracie Mansion, officials said.

Leave justice to the police and courts, or else risk arrest and long jail terms, Philly’s DA says.

Both Emir Balat, of Langhorne, and Ibrahim Kayumi, of Newtown, told officers the attack was inspired by ISIS.

Restorative justice is rooted in an empathetic, comprehensive and more solution-based approach to addressing criminal behavior.

Francis Connell Collier resigned in December from the Morton Police Department in Delaware County after being placed on leave because of the investigation.

Bill Stevenson and the future first lady divorced a half-century ago. Now he’s held on $2 million cash bail, accused of killing his wife of nearly 40 years.

Police in Maryland quickly connected Jack “Ziz” LaSota, Michelle Zajko and Daniel Blank to homicide investigations in California, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

Video shows a SWAT team breaching the residence, where the suspect was ultimately taken into custody.

Though former Gov. Phil Murphy established an advisory board, the ultimate decision to grant clemency was up to him.

Over the past year, the agency has more than doubled its workforce of officers and agents, while its budget has nearly tripled.