Criminal Justice

In recent months, elected officials in parts of the U.S. devastated by addiction have scaled back or eliminated harm reduction efforts.

Nixon called for an "all-out offensive" against drugs. The U.S. is now rethinking policies that led to mass incarceration and shattered families while drug deaths kept rising.

In a scathing report, Philly DA Larry Krasner accused Philadelphia law enforcement officials of winning convictions in decades-old cases through unjust means.

State Rep. Amen Brown, who took office in January, is pushing legislation that would make sweeping criminal justice changes in two areas.

Pandemic restrictions left many people sitting in jails waiting for their days in court. Their loved ones and attorneys want the wheels of justice moving again.

Attorney Elise Wolpert says the defendants who have been “sitting and waiting” for up to two years are entitled to finally get their day in court.

Krasner is asking for community input on how his office can reform the justice system in the city and help stop the gun violence epidemic.

The decision upheld a state appellate court ruling issued last October. That panel ruled unanimously that Grewal has the authority to release the files.

A federal judge has ordered the PPD to test what happens when officers change how they handle quality of life offenses like littering, panhandling, and carrying open liquor co

Should qualified immunity, the doctrine that protects the police from civil lawsuits, be ended?

The board will be in charge of bringing change to Delco’s juvenile justice system following closure of the its youth detention center due to allegations of child abuse.

Eric Riddick was released from state prison after the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office found the 51-year-old did not receive a fair trial in June 1992.

The 83-year-old Cosby has long said he would resist the programs and refuse to acknowledge wrongdoing even if it means serving the full 10-year sentence.

The bill creates the Citizens Police Oversight Commission. Backers hope it will increase police accountability and restore trust in the police department.

The report by the state inspector general’s office concluded that there was no evidence that the mistake was deliberate or the result of “intentional malfeasance."