Criminal Justice

A former police officer has been sentenced to prison for his role in stealing $187,000 in federal Superstorm Sandy relief funds to repair a vacation home on the Jersey Shore.

Pennsylvania is working to roll out a law aimed at protecting sexually exploited children. It uses fines paid by those convicted under the law to help the exploited.

The strategy to use former drug dealers, gang members and others with violent pasts to help broker peace in troubled neighborhoods is now set to expand in Philly.

A South Carolina school shooting will soon become a test case for court rulings that restrict life-without-parole sentences for juveniles.

Pam Africa, who runs the International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal, said the Philadelphia district attorney has not done enough to help Abu-Jamal.

Judge Leon Tucker ruled that a former justice should have recused himself because of comments he made as a prosecutor about police killers that suggest potential bias.

Despite adding more detectives, Philadelphia police say 6 out of 10 murder cases investigated this year still not solved.

So far this year, 144 federal, state and local law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty — a rise from the 129 officers who died on the job in 2017.

The number of homicides in Philadelphia rose, while other towns in N.J. and Pa. have had fewer murders and less violent crime this year.

Congress has enshrined in law an Obama-era executive order banning youth solitary confinement in federal prisons. The reform was one of many included in the First Step Act.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has granted clemency this week to three inmates serving life sentences, including to the first female lifer since 1990.

Wilmington Trust reached a $60 million settlement with prosecutors last year. In a separate case last month, the bank agreed to pay $200 million to settle a shareholders suit.

If one is looking for the most traumatized youths in Philadelphia, a good starting place might be the cou ...

During an appearance on WHYY’s Radio Times, Krasner says he now wants to see what the other side of the courtroom feels like.

Advocates want an amendment that would ensure victims' legal rights in the state constitution, just as defendants' rights are. Gov. Wolf supports it. The ACLU does not.