Criminal Justice

A year later, as three men await trial in the Feb. 23, 2020 slaying, those closest to the 25-year-old Black man sought to make sure Arbery's death isn't overlooked again.

Recreational marijuana will finally become legal in N.J. under three bills signed by the governor. Here’s what Monday’s actions mean.

Samuel Gulick threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the Newark medical facility in January 2020. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

An AP review of court filings shows executioners who put 13 inmates to death during the Trump presidency offered sanitized, incomplete versions of the executions to judges.

The decision comes after a year dominated by policy brutality protests, and amid concerns about illegal vehicle searches and alleged racial profiling of Latinos by troopers.

The new position would be independent of governor, provide oversight for state-run prisons, veterans homes, psychiatric hospitals, developmental centers and other facilities.

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said the death “personally devastated” him, and galvanized him to push Gov. Wolf to speed up the commutation process.

The Pa. Attorney General withdrew all charges against Khasandra Franklin, arrested last fall after Philly's top homicide prosecutor claimed she tried to run him off the road.

The Department of State disclosed that it had no system in place to prevent such an error, which has devastated clergy sexual abuse survivors.

Prisoners are suing Cumberland officials over conditions inside the county jail and accusing them of mistreatment. A county commissioner says otherwise.

Gov. Wolf let the deadline pass without filing an appeal of Commonwealth Court's divided decision that the Marsy's Law state constitutional amendment bundled too many changes.

Michael Thomas ended up in the Cooper River following a police chase in Camden. Two years later, questions remain.

Charles Peruto will run against Krasner as a Republican, but said he will drop out if Krasner loses the Democratic primary in May.

Joe Biden is the first sitting president to openly oppose the death penalty. Here's a look at the steps Biden could take and the challenges he would face.

"Human error" by the Department of State derailed a constitutional amendment on whether survivors of decades-old sexual abuse should be able to sue.