Criminal Justice

Syiede Booker and Brionna Wright face multiple charges in the wrongful deaths of two children in Philadelphia this week.

Pa. state prisons have released 153 people through a program to prevent the spread of COVID-19 — a total even prison officials say is lower than expected.

Judge John Russo was removed from the bench and permanently barred from presiding over a courtroom in New Jersey.

Charging documents released Tuesday allege that Repella paid Georgetown tennis coach Gordon Ernst $50,000 in 2017 to get his daughter admitted as an athlete.

The five-stage plan coincides with the state’s color-coded reopening plan.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said 50-year-old William “Roddie” Bryan was arrested on charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.

U.S. Attorney William McSwain says a judge of elections stuffed ballot boxes at his South Philly polling place on behalf of certain judicial candidates.

Efforts to cut Philadelphia’s jail population to limit the spread of COVID-19 have slowed down while pressure mounts to keep the wheels of justice turning.

Absent probable cause or a court-issued warrant, police generally aren’t allowed to search a parked car without permission.

Up to now, only people showing symptoms have been tested — with 75% returning positive results.

Cosmo DiNardo confessed to luring four young men ages 19 to 22 to his family's Solebury Township farm in July 2017.

The vandalism follows a recent Anti-Defamation League report that found a surge in cases of anti-Semitism in the region.

A New Jersey aide faces charges after five members of her patient's household got COVID-19. The aide allegedly went to work after taking a test and being told to self-isolate.

A lawsuit in Franklin County highlights challenges faced by incarcerated Muslims during Islam's holy month.

Brennan said she would use $400,000 of the settlement to pay legal fees and would donate the rest to The Waterfront Project.