Criminal Justice

Come Sept. 8, jurors will listen from the gallery, Plexiglas will separate witnesses from prosecutors and defense attorneys. Public, press will be on Zoom.

A white Bedford County man shot into a crowd of about 50 peaceful civil rights marchers who were crossing through Pennsylvania during a pilgrimage from Milwaukee to D.C.

Law enforcement has lost track of more than 25,000 convicted sex offenders across the U.S., leaving their whereabouts unknown to victims and public, NPR has found.

Nearly 2,000 state parolees have “absconded” from their supervision. The state is giving them a chance to get back into compliance without going back to prison.

A state task force is calling on the legislature to give corrections and parole officials greater flexibility to release incarcerated people during declared disasters.

The city has some pieces of a public health strategy in place, but experts and community leaders say it needs to do more to quell gun violence long term.

The teen Sesame Place worker suffered a broken jaw and teeth injuries. Two Bronx residents are accused of attacking him.

Delaware Dept. of Correction disputes the ACLU report that the state’s probation system promotes “a culture of punishment” that leads too many people back to prison.

Thirty-five people were shot in Philly over the weekend, leaving communities on edge and residents to keep children inside and avoid their stoops.

The coronavirus pandemic is not helping.

The North Philadelphia mass shooting Sunday echoes another mass shooting that happened last week in West Philadelphia in which a 17-year-old boy and five others were hit.

The state judiciary released guidelines last month that would allow live trials to resume in September at courthouses serving six of New Jersey’s 21 counties.

As Philadelphia's homicide rate increases, we'll examine what is driving the increase, and what new solutions there might be to this epidemic.

Months of protests urged prosecutors and police to support criminal justice reform. But court records show a different path.

Minors have been frequently caught in the crossfire throughout the city this summer.