Criminal Justice

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.

We are all responsible for standing up for the sanctity of black lives. Because while so many of us are doing great work to sustain black lives, all of us have to do more.

Under Florida's stand your ground law, a person in fear for his or her life is justified in using deadly force to stop an attack.

The arrest is the third for Former Delaware state Rep. John C. Atkins on domestic violence charges in the 12 years. This time it's a felony -- strangulation..

To date, New Jersey has charged 220 people with Sandy-related fraud and recovered more than $2 million.

A contractor convicted of scamming dozens of New Jersey homeowners out of nearly $2 million following Superstorm Sandy has been sentenced ...

Footage of the 28-minute encounter with police shows a Vineland officer pointing what appears to be a semiautomatic rifle at Rashaun Washington and imploring him to relax.

More than 84,000 undocumented migrants are enrolled in electronic monitoring — usually either an ankle bracelet or a smartphone check-in that uses voice recognition.