Criminal Justice

Linda Favre, 65, of Camden-Wyoming, was arraigned on 19 charges, including animal cruelty.

The Philadelphia Bar Foundation had struggled to keep tenants on board and meet certain fundraising goals last year.

The two women were sentenced to five consecutive life sentences after entering “guilty but mentally ill” pleas to five counts of first-degree murder.

"I was reassured Wednesday of why I have no faith in the legal system, in the police, in the law," says Tamika Palmer, through her sister. "They are not made to protect us."

There’s no hate crime charge — because queer and trans people aren’t a protected class in Pennsylvania.

More than 1,500 people have been shot in Philly this year. The city needs answers, and listening to John Solomon's story may be one place to start getting them.

The outcome demonstrates the vast disconnect between widespread public expectation of justice and the limits of the law when police use deadly force.

Fears of a second COVID wave are growing. Bill could affect more than 3,000 incarcerated.

The historic site is debuting “Night Tours” — a self-guided experience fit for pandemic times.

“We need to do much more than we’re currently doing to address this crisis,” City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier said in introducing the new resolution.

Barr pushed his U.S. attorneys to bring federal charges whenever they could, keeping a grip on cases even if a defendant could be tried instead in state court.

This week, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will receive the 2020 Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center.

Cosby was the first celebrity to go on trial in the #MeToo era, and his appeal could resolve lingering questions about how the cases should be tried.

Second Chances Farm hires only formerly incarcerated men and women to grow hydroponic crops in a Wilmington warehouse. Federal officials have noticed.

A Bucks woman's experience shows incarceration can make mental illness worse — and that a Pa. law meant to help people instead of putting them behind bars isn't working.