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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Call to issue an executive order echoes legislation that failed this year but raises questions about autonomy of local law ...

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 ...

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