Criminal Justice

The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright has been sentenced to two years in prison.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is hoping to enshrine similar programs and funding into state law permanently, and to do it before Gov. Wolf leaves office next year.

Krasner suggested a substantial increase in forensics funding would result in more arrests and convictions.

The Minneapolis mayor has imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed as a SWAT team carried out a search warrant in a downtown apartment.

The 84-year-old has been free since June, when a Pennsylvania appeals court overturned his conviction and released him from prison after nearly three years.

Willie Stokes' lawyers say that prosecutors at the time never disclosed they had charged his chief accuser with perjury after the trial.

Stewart Rhodes has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Local, county, and state officials touted the results since the Nov. 2020 launch, including fewer incidents of gun violence.

Citing health issues and coronavirus concerns, a judge allowed former Bordentown Twp. Police Chief Frank Nucera Jr. to delay the start of his prison sentence.

Exactly how many prisoners now serving sentences longer than 20 years will be impacted is unclear, but the ruling makes them eligible for reconsideration immediately.

A new debate over the police practice of shooting at moving vehicles stems from last year’s fatal shooting of Lymond Moses by New Castle County police.

A jury convicted all three defendants of murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and attempted false imprisonment in November.

What have we learned from the Jan. 6 investigations? Will participants, planners and instigators be held accountable?

Officials say the probe is one of the largest and most resource-intensive investigations in American history. More than 700 people have been charged already.

The new leader of Philadelphia’s Defender Association spoke to WHYY’s Cherri Gregg about advocating for clients and "a crisis of mass incarceration."