Criminal Justice

The fact that Lozier was involved in the decision to shoot, and then was the one to sign off on whether it was appropriate, has raised serious alarm among policing experts.

Supporters of both Abu-Jamal and slain police officer Daniel Faulker agree the criminal justice system is "broken" — for very different reasons.

A French judicial official said the suspect was being held Tuesday on the basis of a Turkish arrest warrant.

The federal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, former companion of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, began in earnest this week.

The state attorney general’s office said Margo Davidson pleaded guilty Thursday in Dauphin County Court to five counts, including theft by deception.

Kim Potter is charged with manslaughter in Wright’s death in April in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb.

After being convicted in the Fox rankings, Porat could end up in prison for 25 years. He’ll also likely lose his position as tenured professor.

Christopher Williams was released in Feb. after the Philly DA’s Office found that the prosecution had coerced an informant to lie and had hidden other evidence.

Prosecutors asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision that overturned Bill Cosby’s conviction.

Legal experts say a conviction isn’t as certain as it might seem — at least on the most serious charge she faces, manslaughter.

Keir Bradford-Grey, former chief of the Philadelphia Defenders Association, explains why the defendants’ claims of self-defense did not hold up in court.

Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler, co-director for the racial justice organization Power Live Free said the case was about much more than what happened to Ahmaud Arbery.

The lead prosecutor said the three defendants could not claim self-defense, given that they initiated the confrontation.

Kizer, who was 17 at the time, is accused of shooting Randall P. Volar III in the head; Volar had previously been arrested on child sexual assault charges.

A prisoners' rights advocate notes, this is the fourth prisoner death in Pa. in the past eight days.