The victim is identified only as John Doe in the criminal complaint, and officials have not said how he and Simms know each ...

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

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

Over 120 defendants in Boston had their charges dismissed yesterday, due to a public defender shortage from an ongoing ...

"The office is facing real challenges, and I’m ready to meet them with experience and a clear plan for the future," Sarah ...

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 ...

As the public defender work stoppage continues in Massachusetts, hundreds of criminal cases could be tossed out within the ...

About 100 criminal cases being dismissed in Boston Municipal Court Tuesday because the defendants did not have legal ...

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

We need federal public defenders on the front lines. Across the country, defenders litigate hundreds of hearings a day to determine the essential question of whether someone presumed innocent of a ...