"I strongly urge the bar advocates to get back to work,” state Senate President Karen E. Spilka, D-Middlesex/Norfolk, said.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Six of the seven defendants facing gross misdemeanor charges in the May 22 ransacking of Reno High have pleaded not guilty. One has yet to enter a plea and will be appointed a public defender. All are ...

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

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 ...