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

More than 120 defendants in Massachusetts have had their charges — ranging from assault to drug possession — dropped after ...

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

The Tulsa County Juvenile Justice Center is still trying to move forward almost exactly a year after a police raid uncovered ...

Sharone Mitchell Jr., chief public defender in Illinois' Cook County, tells “Morning in America” that blaming cashless bail ...

Public defenders in Montgomery County have filed a lawsuit against county commissioners, claiming that 15,000 people a year ...

Massachusetts' public defender agency is asking the state's highest court to implement the Lavallee protocol in juvenile courts.

A judge in Boston is set to decide if dozens of criminal defendants in Massachusetts will walk free Tuesday after they were<a ...

The body of Melina Galanis Frattolin, 9, of Canada, was found in Ticonderoga, N.Y., on Sunday, one day after her father ...

The new King County sales tax, 10 cents on every $100 purchase, helps plug a budget shortfall that's been estimated at $150 ...

Lawyers are personally responsible for the quality of representation they provide. Public defenders — those who provide ...

The King County Council during its Tuesday meeting approved a tenth-of-a-cent sales tax aimed at generating enough funds to ...