Criminal Justice

Advocates hope the bill will fare better under Murphy administration, given governor’s professed progressive opinions.

Bill sponsor Jordan Harris, a Democratic representative from Philadelphia, said in addition, the bill would stop licensers from trying to evaluate based on morality.

The brief criticized Brinkley for checking up on Mill at a homeless shelter where he was doing community service.

Florida authorities have apprehended a New Jersey contractor under indictment for allegedly scamming homeowners after Superstorm Sandy. 

The measures are moving ahead despite lawmakers’ failure to pass a bill legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use.

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey has reintroduced the Thin Blue Line Act. Some say it will bring justice for slain cops. Others think it’s an empty political gesture.

DA Larry Krasner and other U.S. prosecutors hope to learn more about the decriminalization of illicit substances in favor of a public health approach.

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against two Philadelphia prison guards in an alleged beating of an inmate last fall.

A lot has happened since a Philadelphia Inquirer investigation uncovered decades of abuse at Glen Mills Schools in Delaware County.

The judge who presided over Bill Cosby's criminal case said he let five other accusers testify at the sex-assault trial because their accounts had "chilling similarities."

Historic prison museum documents gay life behind the walls in the 1800s. During the prison's 142 years, at least 500 inmates were incarcerated for the crime of sodomy.

Desiree Peterkin Bell pleads guilty to theft and will pay nearly $20,000 in restitution. She’ll serve 90 days on house arrest, but avoid prison.

A conversation with filmmaker Edward Zwick about his new film 'Trial by Fire." Then, we discuss the Uber strike.

\Wilmington’s police chief shut down Bill’s Deli Market after six were wounded. Days later, they reopened. Some in the neighborhood say the climate has improved.

Ten other states have criminalized sexual extortion within the past two years.