Criminal Justice

Bern Township Police Chief Wesley Waugh said the 17 protesters were taken into custody after obstructing a nearby highway.

A year after a book on the killing of black teen Emmett Till revealed that a key figure in the case acknowledged lying, the federal government has reopened its investigation.

A Delaware judge approved a revised plan for the sale of the Weinstein Co., the studio forced into bankruptcy by the sexual misconduct scandal of Harvey Weinstein.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner may – or may not – take part in the festivities. He says he does see similarities between France of 1789 and the U.S. of 2018.

Eugene Gilyard and Lance Felder spent 16 years behind bars until an inmate serving time for another murder confessed.

The reconfigured pretrial justice system virtually eliminates money bail in favor of methods that aim to ensure defendants on release stay out of trouble and show up for trial

Guest: Jonathan Rosen Today we’ll discuss the MS-13 gang, who is so often referred to by President Trump when calling for in ...

A new report offers recommendations to improve how Pennsylvania handles its death penalty — including providing public funding for indigent defense.

Philadelphia police arrest 29 demonstrators who refused to move from the entrance to the federal facility at Eighth and Cherry streets.

Philadelphia’s District Attorney Larry Krasner has garnered a lot of attention since assuming office in January, not just locally but nationally as well.

Larry Krasner's pledge is in response to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions saying that fleeing gangs or domestic violence no longer qualifies as cause for seeking asylum.

A Pennsylvania police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager has been charged with criminal homicide.

The 280-page bipartisan effort, “Report on Capital Punishment in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” examined 17 aspects of the system, and proposed a series of reforms

A bipartisan report out of the Pennsylvania state General Assembly is fueling ...

A 19-year-old man who authorities allege threatened to shoot students and faculty at his high school graduation is now facing an additional charge of terrorism.