Criminal Justice

Sakeenah Benjamin was 10 years old when her cousin was killed right around the corner from her house. Sixteen years later, she is still dealing with the pain.

Historically, these proceedings have effectively occurred off-the-record. There’s no stenographer and the public isn’t allowed to record what happens.

The protests outside Shapiro’s offices were organized by several reform organizations including the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration.

A Rastafarian who is incarcerated has been in solitary confinement for a year. The jail’s warden said he can get out if he cuts his hair.

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.