Criminal Justice

The National Liberty Museum 'Young Hero' award was given to 14 youths for their service projects, including a Delaware anti-recidivism fund.

For years, activists have railed against the question as discouraging and discriminatory to those with a criminal past.

More cooperation from Pennsylvania and the U.S. will help disrupt the flow of guns to those prohibited from owning them, attorney general says.

A redacted version could have been released Tuesday, but clergy named in the report have filed objections.

Delaware officials have made their first arrest under the sexual assault kit initiative.

The report, lead by the Pa. Attorney General, is the result of a nearly two-year investigation that probes back seven decades and identifies more than 300 “predator priests"

Bank and tax fraud trials normally aren't very compelling theater.

Marquell Brown is one of a growing number of people in Illinois who have earned a high school diploma from School District 428, run by the department of juvenile justice.

New Castle County Police hope a lifelike composite image of the woman will lead them to family members and eventually solve the decades-old cold case.

The average jail stay for inmates in Philadelphia is about 100 days — and Dr. Bruce Herdman, the system's chief medical officer, sees that as an opportunity.

The program is expected to be up and running shortly after Labor Day.

Reports have been circulating that city District Attorney Larry Krasner may seek reduced charges against Michael White.

The New Jersey Supreme Court says a controversial theory about child sex abuse can no longer be used as evidence. An iconic Philadelphia ...

The priest was counseling his alleged attacker for substance abuse issues, a church official said.

The program, currently in 20 states, is looking to expand to Pennsylvania.