Fire swept through the Walker County Public Defender’s Officer in downtown Jasper. Firefighters responded about 4 a.m. Saturday to the massive blaze in the 300 block of 19th Street West ...

The Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board has twice failed to get a quorum to resolve a controversy of five public defenders' jobs.

The leadership change resulted from accusations that some people working in the Public Defenders Office were conducting themselves in an unprofessional manner, county officials told The Buffalo News.

David Nickolas Delich will be represented by a public defender in his murder trial in the death of Tucson police Officer Erik Hite.

A Baltimore police officer is suspended without pay on multiple counts of rape and assault charges involving a 16-year-old girl, online records show.

JASPER, Ala. (WBRC) - An investigation is underway after a fire destroyed the Walker County Public Defender’s Office in Jasper on Saturday, July 5.

Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.