Ben Waxman

Homicides in Philadelphia are up once again. But overall violent crime is down — and city officials say that shows the city is actually safer.

This week Philadelphia surpassed Chicago in the number of murders so far this year. Sixty three people have been killed in Philadelphia so far this year compared to 54 in Chicago. The mother of three boys who were murdered is speaking out about the violence.

A district attorney in suburban Philadelphia called out the city’s district attorney, Larry Krasner, on Friday for acting ‘like he cares more about criminals than their victims’ in an apparent retort to a speech Krasner gave earlier in the day.

Philadelphia’s police union filed a lawsuit against the city’s district attorney’s office, mayor and police commissioner Tuesday over a list that aims to keep certain officers off the witness stand because of alleged wrongdoing.

Small quantities of marijuana is defined as being under 30 grams. The office will still pursue intent to distribute cases, according to the DAO.

Philadelphia’s District Attorney says his office will no longer prosecute people for having small amounts of marijuana. Now Philly residents are reacting.

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a West Philadelphia hit and run that left a 5-year-old dead. Now, that community continues to mourn the child.

Nearly two weeks after a 5-year-old boy was struck and killed while playing in a West Philadelphia street, a suspect is accused in Xavier Moy’s death.

The two men who gunned down Philadelphia Police Sgt. Robert Wilson avoided the death penalty by taking a plea deal in court Monday morning.

The two men who shot and killed a Philadelphia Police officer inside a local GameStop will serve life in prison. The officer’s family is outraged however after learning the two men accepted a plea deal which means they won’t face the penalty.

Sources say the district attorney offered to take the death penalty off the table for two men accused of murdering Philadelphia Police Sgt. Robert Wilson III. His family is livid over the decision.

“It’s a smack in the face. It’s disrespectful and ignorant,” said the sister of a Philadelphia police officer who was killed in the line of duty, after learning the men accused would accept a plea deal.

Patients of a neurologist already facing rape charges in New York and New Jersey say law enforcement officials in Philadelphia are burying nearly identical accusations against him, angering and perplexing women who say they’re being victimized twice — first by their doctor, now by a big-city justice system that won’t hold him accountable.

A Philadelphia police officer has been found liable for $10 million in the 2011 arrest of a city man who spent three years in jail before being found innocent.

A wrongful arrest lawsuit resulted in $10 million for a Philadelphia man on Thursday. That man’s attorney says the system failed his client.

More than 100 people gathered Saturday night to demand justice for three Philadelphia murder victims.

Family and friends of three victims shot and killed in Philadelphia marched Saturday night to call for justice and send a message to District Attorney Larry Krasner.

Philadelphia’s newly minted district attorney is already fulfilling of one of his more controversial campaign promises.

One day after the mother of Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill publicly asked District Attorney Larry Krasner to help free her son from jail, prosecutors answered the call.

Meek Mill’s attorneys are hopeful that new evidence from the district attorney’s office could help with the rapper’s release.