Criminal Justice

The young people without previous criminal records were recruited in North Philadelphia and used to target high-end retail stores in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs.

The president's son has been charged in Delaware with three felonies stemming from a firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addiction.

The Garden State’s senior senator files an independent campaign bid as he is on trial in New York City for bribery and corruption.

After being found guilty in his hush money case, the former president made unfounded claims of a “rigged” trial, which analysts say could undermine international relations.

“You have to really think about why this happened for as long as it did,” said the attorney representing the plaintiffs, “and how it was so prevalent.”

Some attacks were reported to other staffers and were ignored or met with disbelief.

While most incarcerated workers today help maintain correctional facilities, others are leased out to private companies or take part in work-release programs.

Sixteen-year-old Alexander McClay Williams remains the youngest person the state has put to death. He was exonerated by Gov. Tom Wolf after researchers dug up new evidence.

The proposal would move marijuana from the “Schedule I” group to the less tightly regulated “Schedule III."

In 2021, USA Gymnastics agreed to pay hundreds of the female survivors $380 million to settle their claims.

Twelve jurors and six alternates were finalized on Friday. Opening arguments are expected to begin on Monday.

County district attorneys are in line for millions of dollars, but under-resourced public defenders say they’ve been sidelined.

Martin Devlin, Manuel Santiago and Frank Jastrzembski are accused of lying under oath at the 2016 retrial of a man the jury exonerated in a 1991 rape and murder.

Advocates say too much talent is sitting on the sidelines because criminal records are holding some applicants back.

A new pop-up installation in Center City advocates for clean slate laws using life-size stacks of paperwork.