Criminal Justice

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.

The closed-door interview on Tuesday marks the first time a special counsel is appearing before Congress in the middle of a probe.

The goal of a new program is to make sure the accused and convicted are aware of their right to vote.

The remaining four officers have a May 6 trial date in federal court. A trial has not yet been set in state court.

Anyone arrested in the next several years will have to find bail from some other source besides the Philadelphia Bail Fund.

Two years after the Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice Task Force made policy recommendations, there is finally some political will in the state House to move on reforms.

Cohen, a former Trump lawyer and onetime loyal ally, is testifying against the former president in a civil trial that threatens Trump's business empire.

Attorney Jenna Ellis has entered a guilty plea in the Georgia election interference case. The former Trump lawyer is now the fourth co-defendant to plead guilty.

The thieves made off with a portion of its cargo of $750,000 in dimes, a shipment weighing about six tons, authorities had said earlier.