"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 ...

That day, Coffey also ordered Mazzilli remain in custody. Mazzilli is charged with carrying a gun without a license, carrying ...

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

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

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

The Office of the Federal Public Defender in Little Rock, which just celebrated 30 years, is looking to the future with a ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...