The Maryland Office of the Public Defender and University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law have launched a new exoneration clinic, a move that means both of the state’s law schools ...

Dartigue and the Office of the Public Defender were sued in January by Jane Doe, a student at the University of Baltimore School of Law who worked part-time at the OPD from May 2023 until she was ...

Push in Annapolis aims to stop automatically charging minors as adults ANNAPOLIS -- The Maryland Office of the Public Defender (OPD) is demanding lawmakers to put an end to automatically charging ...

The Howard County Board of Education voted to oppose the legislation on Jan. 30. The Maryland Public Defender’s Office also opposes the bill.

AFRO Staff Writer msayles@afro.com Natasha M. Dartigue became the first person of color to lead the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in 2022. The attorney, 56, hails from Brooklyn, N.Y.