Criminal Justice

A Pennsylvania judge heavily criticized Allentown police after a jury acquitted a man of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

A pregnant woman and her child were killed in a double shooting that critically injured a man in north Philadelphia, authorities said.

The deal ends a lawsuit against the university by the Paternos' son Jay, who is currently a member of the Penn State board.

Pennsylvania sentences a lot of people to life without the possibility of parole. Research has shown their odds of reoffending are low after years of incarceration.

An Ocean County woman is facing numerous charges for allegedly defacing a business with anti-Semitic graffiti, authorities say.

The afternoon shooting on West Thompson Street claimed the life of 19-year-old Yaniyah Foster, who died Wednesday at Temple University Hospital after being shot in the head.

Roger Stone, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison on his convictions for witness tampering and lying to Congress.

Is taking away the human factor the key to more just rulings?

Her grand jury appearance led the state Superior Court in 2015 to throw out some charges that Curley and Schultz had faced for their response to complaints about Sandusky.

Four police officers were justified in fatally shooting a knife-wielding man who stabbed a police dog and then moved threateningly toward the officers, authorities announced.

PA Post's investigation on commissary items is the basis for a nonprofit’s legal claim advocating for prisoners’ rights.

One of six women to accuse a former University of Delaware baseball player of sexually assault has testified that he choked her as she tried to free herself.

A lawyer who gained fame by representing porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump has been convicted of trying to extort sportswear giant Nike.

A contractor convicted of scamming 19 New Jersey homeowners following Superstorm Sandy has been sentenced to three years in state prison, authorities announced. 

Officers said they found the man lying between cars in a pharmacy parking lot and were told he had been given an overdose reversal drug.