Criminal Justice

Thirteen alleged members of the “Sevens” gang have been charged with crimes including kidnapping, sex trafficking, child pornography and murder.

Governor Tom Wolf says the goal is to make sure more young offenders leave the criminal system and stay out.

Weintraub announced charges in the case Tuesday, less than 10 miles from a quarry in Hilltown Township, where Damon Smoot confessed to killing and burying Brundage in 2004.

Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday that he will follow through on his plan to close another state prison, as a cost-cutting step amid a declining inmate population.

New Jersey will eliminate surcharges on motor vehicle violations, which defendants are required to pay in addition to court-imposed fines and penalties.

Holmes was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing three female officers. The judge is handing off the case to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Crime in Pa. has been on the decline for two decades, and changing attitudes towards incarceration have dramatically lowered the state prison population.

The chamber narrowly passed a measure that would require judges to issue consecutive sentences for multiple crimes involving guns.

The out-of-state men say they have grounds to sue because the abuse occurred when the Boy Scouts of America was headquartered in New Jersey.

When men are released from prison in Wilmington, a mobile van will be waiting to get them the services they need, from an ID card to mental health treatment.

A North Carolina man has been charged with trying to bring an assault weapon, body armor and hollow-point bullets into a U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in New Jersey.

A jury found White not guilty of manslaughter, but convicted him of evidence tampering for tossing his knife onto a rooftop and trashing bloody clothing.

The brief filed Thursday with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court focuses on four key trial issues.

Prosecutors said they would drop a 1992 case over stolen jeans that had threatened to send David Sheppard back to prison after he served 25 years.

A PA Post review of county jails' commissaries finds that Muslim prisoners meet financial barriers to practicing their religion.