Lawmakers should pass reforms to felony murder and joint venture laws.

The bills would give incarcerated people the chance at release after 25 years.

Federal assaults and continued disinvestment threaten the city. Mayor Parker’s fiscal plan does not adequately address these issues.

While some groups had issues with components of the proposal, the move rankled criminal justice advocates who have long sought to eliminate mandatory life sentences for those convicted of felony murde...

Anthony McKinley, 75, had lived on the block for decades, neighbors said.

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The court’s ruling could create a pathway out of prison for more than 1,000 people who were automatically sentenced to life without parole for murders they themselves didn't commit.

The outcome could fundamentally change the lives of more than 1,000 people currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole.

The outcome could fundamentally change the lives of more than 1,000 people currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole.

We can't build the world we deserve without each other.

Confrontation between Philadelphia Police and members of the MOVE organization in 1985

"When she came out with blood on her shirt, I froze. Fear rooted me in place."

Join Interrupting Criminalization for a virtual session on transformative justice with organizer and transformative justice facilitator Camila Pelsinger Villalba. This session is for people who are pr...

The developments prompted Mayor Cherelle L. Parker to make one of her first public comments about Trump’s mass deportation campaign, acknowledging in a statement “the public’s fear of the unknown.”

“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.

Shapiro’s pick is opposed by clemency advocates and criminal defense attorneys.

It’s a symmetry almost too painful for Nyshyia Thomas to reconcile: one son killed in a mass shooting, another behind bars, charged with committing one.

A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.

Marie Scott had been incarcerated since 1973 for felony murder. Gov. Josh Shapiro commuted her life sentence in June.

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Cierra Kaler-Jones interviews Mariame Kaba, organizer, educator, archivist, curator, and author of We Do This ’Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice.

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Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal are on a 103-mile, 12-day march ending Tuesday in Frackville, Pennsylvania, where he is imprisoned at the Mahanoy state prison. The march ends on the same day Abu-Jamal w...