Criminal Justice

YORK, Pa. -- In 2014, it took Dave Sunday no time at all to tally up the number of fentanyl-related overdose deaths in York County. That's because there weren't any.That's not the case anymore.In...

The U.S. Supreme Court is going to take up that very question.

Pennsylvanians over the age of 21 would be able to legally use recreational cannabis under a bill expected to be introduced soon in the Pennsylvania state Senate.But the bill has a long way to...

The audience of hundreds in downtown Lancaster's Ware Center included at least one man in a Make America Great Again hat and another in a "Fuck Donald" T-shirt. Opinions on legalization were about as divergent.

Over the last decade, lawmakers from both political parties have worked to overhaul punitive criminal justice practices.

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims could sue a gun maker, a decision that could open the floodgates to more lawsuits.

Guns may be banned in Pennsylvania’s courthouses and the Capitol, but they’re fair game in municipal buildings, parks, and playgrounds across the state.A state senator from the Philadelphia suburbs wants to change that.Sen. Maria...

The college admission scandal that involved big bribes, coaches and Hollywood actors grew out of a system that favors rich parents and gives coaches too much leeway in admissions, a Villanova University sociologist argues

Pennsylvania’s prison population grows older by the day, but only a handful of people are released from state corrections facilities each year due to failing health.That’s according to state Corrections Secretary John Wetzel, who...

We’re demanding answers and reforms. But have yet to get any.