New Jersey State Police has kept a secret, unregulated DNA database since at least 2021, the public defender's office says in ...

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

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

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

Call to issue an executive order echoes legislation that failed this year but raises questions about autonomy of local law ...

About 100 criminal cases being dismissed in Boston Municipal Court Tuesday because the defendants did not have legal ...

So from the day this council was sworn in to now, that’s about 700  people less every single day who are spending the night ...

The Louisiana Public Defender Board sided on a 5-4 vote with Chief Public Defender Remy Starns, who decided not to renew the ...

A judge in Boston is set to decide if dozens of criminal defendants in Massachusetts will walk free Tuesday after they were<a ...

As the public defender work stoppage continues in Massachusetts, hundreds of criminal cases could be tossed out within the ...

Hearings are scheduled Tuesday for adult offenders who've had no legal representation for 45 days and therefore could have ...