Criminal Justice

The case involves a 2019 law that expanded eligibility for expungement of criminal records.

A group of Philly teens is fighting for juvenile justice reform. Their demands reveal cracks in a system they say is allowing gun violence to thrive.

Edward Mathews sparked outrage in his Mount Laurel community.

The six-day seminar in October 2021 was conducted by a New Jersey-based law enforcement training company called Street Cop.

The indictment, unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia, marks the first time the U.S. has brought war crimes charges in connection with the Russian assault on Ukraine.

In a new court filing, prosecutors said Trump had a record of refusing to honor the peaceful transition of power.

The group says immigration officials are lurking inside and outside the courts to catch undocumented immigrants and hold them.

The U.S. Marshals have joined the effort now that it's been more than a day since Gino Hagenkotter was last in custody.

Twenty-four executions have been carried out in 2023 — five more than last year, the Death Penalty Information Center says.

Last weekend, three young students of Palestinian descent were shot near the University of Vermont. Their trauma is felt across the Philly region.

Eddie Ramirez, 47, has spent the last 27 years behind bars after he was convicted of killing Joyce Dennis, a laundromat employee who was found brutally beaten to death.

District Attorney Larry Krasner called it “a just resolution of one of the most shocking incidents of vehicular violence in recent memory.”

The county’s new police accountability board aims to confront and address systemic issues within policing.

Data shows fewer than 50 people were released in the last 14 years under the current compassionate release law.

David DePape has pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official.