Earlier in July, the U.S. Judiciary ran out of funds to pay private defense attorneys who augment the Office of the Public ...

The Office of the Federal Public Defender in Little Rock, which just celebrated 30 years, is looking to the future with a ...

When officers arrived they found the victim, a Sonoma County Public Defender, who had been struck in the face multiple times ...

Leon Simms was booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of robbery, attempted kidnapping and battery in the attack on his ...

MIDDLEBURG — Snyder County Chief Public Defender Jasmin Smith always intended to live in a “quiet” area as she pursued a career near her hometown of Philadelphia, never considering she’d work in one ...

“The Constitution, the Sixth Amendment, guarantees each person the right to have counsel appointed for them at public expense ...

The prospect of the largest public defender strike in 30 years grew likelier Tuesday as hundreds of attorneys across a trio ...

The Elko County Public Defender’s Office is under new leadership following the sudden resignation of Matthew Pennell. Steffanie Foster was appointed interim public defender on July 2 by Elko County ...

One thing the public can do is petition leadership to investigate the $35,000 given by the FBI to a lawmaker during a federal ...

Employees of the Montgomery County Public Defender's Office have filed a class action lawsuit against the county for its alleged failure to pay public defenders on par with county prosecutors, as ...

Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko and Ventura County Public Defender Claudia Y. Bautista write about legal rights after a federal judge's recent order.

The recent passage of Ohio’s biennial state budget included funding for a new pilot project aimed at helping county courts ...