Criminal Justice

The court is right, but Cosby’s accusers are understandably angry.

Sexual abuse survivors and advocates point out the Pa. high court overturned Bill Cosby’s conviction on a legal matter — not a factual one.

Defense attorneys play an important role in re-imagining community safety. But less attention has been paid to the election of reform-minded judges.

The order from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court comes amid declining COVID-19 infections, and mostly mirrors what county court systems were already doing.

Rutgers Law School in Camden has launched a statewide effort to help exonerate people who have been convicted of crimes they did not commit.

A long-awaited report on Pa.’s juvenile justice system found wide racial disparities and minimal use of diversion to keep young people out of the system in the first place.

In recent months, elected officials in parts of the U.S. devastated by addiction have scaled back or eliminated harm reduction efforts.

Nixon called for an "all-out offensive" against drugs. The U.S. is now rethinking policies that led to mass incarceration and shattered families while drug deaths kept rising.

In a scathing report, Philly DA Larry Krasner accused Philadelphia law enforcement officials of winning convictions in decades-old cases through unjust means.

State Rep. Amen Brown, who took office in January, is pushing legislation that would make sweeping criminal justice changes in two areas.

Pandemic restrictions left many people sitting in jails waiting for their days in court. Their loved ones and attorneys want the wheels of justice moving again.

Attorney Elise Wolpert says the defendants who have been “sitting and waiting” for up to two years are entitled to finally get their day in court.

Krasner is asking for community input on how his office can reform the justice system in the city and help stop the gun violence epidemic.

The decision upheld a state appellate court ruling issued last October. That panel ruled unanimously that Grewal has the authority to release the files.

A federal judge has ordered the PPD to test what happens when officers change how they handle quality of life offenses like littering, panhandling, and carrying open liquor co