In a 5–2 decision, the state’s highest court overturned a lower court ruling that found a public defender provided ...

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

Issues with fully funding the U.S. Judiciary have given rise to concerns that some private attorneys who represent indigent ...

We've seen across the nation how traffic stops can escalate quickly. Understanding your rights and responsibilities can help ...

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

Konrad Moore, who held the top position at the Kern County Public Defender’s Office from 2013 until his retirement in 2017, ...

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 ...

FOX 13's Linda Hurtado talked with this year's recipients -- former public defender Julianne Holt and former Tampa Bay ...

The Office of the Territorial Public Defender is the latest entity to appear before the Committee on Budget, Appropriations, ...

Private attorneys assigned to defendants who can't afford an attorney take on about 40% of federal cases, but they stopped getting paid July 3 because of systemwide funding shortfall. Public defender ...

Indictment alleges public works officials ordered city crews to fix plumbing at an elected official’s mother’s house, then ...