Criminal Justice

State Sen. Sharif Street is again trying to give the state parole board the option of releasing hundreds of inmates serving life without parole.

The suit holds two Pa. departments responsible for constitutional violations and other infractions against children sent to the prominent Delaware County reform school.

Prosecutors say Hooked, Inc. circumvented the city’s towing system so it could pocket thousands by overbilling car insurance companies. It preyed on drivers who were confused.

The bill would place sanctions on Chinese drug manufacturers that knowingly supply fentanyl to traffickers.

A former legislative aide who did prison time for drug and weapons offenses has taken over as secretary of the Pa. Board of Pardons to streamline the clemency process.

Jurors found Corporal Eben Boyce committed assault and battery and violated prisoner Jake Fox's constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment.

Among their arguments: shutting down the proposed injection sites would violate the group’s Judeo-Christian convictions.

Appearing in Philadelphia accompanied by Pennsylvania state politicians, rapper Meek Mill again calls for changes to the state's system of probation and parole.

N.J. officials release data showing bail reform cut jail populations without a spike in recidivism. But they note it didn’t reduce racial disparities.

While some prisoners are benefiting from reduced sentences under the First Step Act, implementation of other aspects of the law has been hit with delays.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court is weighing whether to take convicted killer Mumia Abu-Jamal’s new appeal and potentially grant him a new trial.

Revived Pa. effort to extend statute of limitations in future cases of sex abuse follows a bitter dispute over whether to allow retroactive lawsuits in certain cases.

In one, a Muslim was put to death, and in the other, a Buddhist's execution was temporarily halted.

Jacob Sullivan, 46, had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and related charges for killing Grace Packer in 2016.

Delaware has long housed violent youth offenders in adult prisons. Citing “unconscionable’’ conditions, advocates say that must end.