Criminal Justice

Authorities have made a second arrest stemming from a deadly shooting at a 24-hour arts and music festival in New Jersey.

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States.

Mill and his lawyers are asking for a new trial on a 2008 conviction on drug and gun charges.

Sessions spoke at Lackawanna College, one of a handful of engagements in which he's defended controversial federal immigration enforcement policies.

Concerns continue over elevated cancer rates in some Bucks and Montgomery County towns, despite a new state Department of Health study. O ...

The measure would benefit as many as 1,247 adults convicted between 1977 and 2015.

A former employee of a chemical company spun off from the DuPont Co. has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal trade secrets and sell them to Chinese investors.

The city of Wilmington has launched an online crime mapping program aimed at improving transparency, and the police department’s interaction with the public.

By many metrics, Atlantic County is at the epicenter of the opioid epidemic in New Jersey. It saw its rate of overdose deaths double in 2016.

They're calling for officer who fired fatal shot to be criminally charged. The city's district attorney's office is investigating.

The Philadelphia Police Department updated its policy on when to arrest people accused of trespassing on private property.

Elizabeth Geyer has been talking herself hoarse trying to change Pennsylvania’s criminal justice laws. She says a bill stalled i ...

Three of four Democratic candidates in Delaware’s Attorney General primary discussed solutions to mass incarceration during a debate in ...

On the eve of Gun Violence Awareness Month friends and family of Sandrea Williams, remembered her in West Philadelphia.

Guest: Scott Stern The United States government incarcerated tens of thousands of “promiscuous” women in the ...