Criminal Justice

A Philadelphia judge has denied Meek Mill's petition for a new trial in his decade-old drug and gun convictions despite support for the request by the DA's office.

A long-awaited study suggests changes in how the death penalty works in Pennsylvania, including a subcommittee's recommendation to improve legal defense in capital cases.

Family members of Sgt. Robert Wilson III were told late Friday about the plea deal for brothers Carlton Hipps and Ramone Williams that offered life plus 50 to 100 years.

New Jersey authorities announced Wednesday criminal charges against four more people for allegedly filing fraudulent federal Superstorm Sandy relief fund applications.

Pennsylvania's highest court is holding up the public release of a grand jury report expected to reveal details of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania.

The first member of the MOVE Nine imprisoned for the third-degree murder of a Philadelphia police officer in 1978 is released from prison.

State Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, is pushing to end the statute of limitations on child sex abuse cases and give victims abused long ago another chance to file a claim.

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.