Criminal Justice

Starting Friday, 40 million criminal charges in Pa. will be eligible for automatic sealing, potentially giving thousands of residents a second chance.

In 2017, Wilmington experienced its highest levels of gun violence ever. But the following year, shootings dropped by 60%.

The appeal Tuesday challenges Judge Steven O'Neill's view that the women's testimony showed "chilling similarities" and pointed to a "signature" crime.

Nicole Weisensee Egan has followed the sexual assault accusations against Bill Cosby since 2005. Egan discusses how "America's Dad" managed to escape justice for years.

New Jersey lawmakers approved a bill Thursday that would dramatically limit which inmates can be kept in solitary confinement and for how long.

In a unanimous vote, the state Senate has passed Marsy's Law — a constitutional amendment that would enshrine rights for crime victims in the state constitution.

Delaware charged 18 inmates for a prison riot that left a guard dead. But most cases failed or were dropped, leaving prosecutors with ‘egg on their faces.’

A recent investigation has revealed numerous cases of sexual abuse in Pennsylvania's Amish and Mennonite communities. Why has the abuse gone unchecked for so long?

Police officials in Philadelphia are describing the action as the largest removal of officers from the street in recent memory.

A new report estimates that Pennsylvania is spending about $100 million a year to house inmates for technical parole violations, such as missing curfew or failing a drug test.

The measures are part of the second phase of Pennsylvania's Justice Reinvestment Initiative — or JRI.

Jails face increasing pressures as they house large numbers of mentally ill and addicted inmates. But the policies that contributed to this problem are decades in the making.

With female incarceration rates rising in the United States, prisons and jails across the country are contending with new challenges, including caring for pregnant women.

A criminal justice nonprofit put up thousands of dollars so fathers awaiting trial behind bars could spend the holiday with their families.

The recent bloodshed, including five homicides in May, has only deepened the resignation some residents feel toward gun violence in their city.