Duane Smith, commonly known as Duane Williams, was sentenced to life without parole in a 2012 fatal house fire. His sentence was vacated in June 2024.

The Wayne County Indigent Defense Services Department — the office that coordinates defense attorneys for those who can't afford one — is responding to claims we brought up in December about ...

Wayne County's Indigent Defense Services Department, previously know as the Office of Public Defense Services, was launched in August 2020.

The Wayne County office in July 2023 released a list of murder cases it filed from January 2022 through May 2023 in response to a ... which handles part of Wayne County's indigent defense work, ...

Saady explained why she's still active on the Wayne County IDSD roll, even though she's wary of taking any more cases until she gets paid the more than $8,000 of work she's already billed. "I turn ...