Earlier in July, the U.S. Judiciary ran out of funds to pay private defense attorneys who augment the Office of the Public ...

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 ...

The Louisiana Public Defender Board sided on a 5-4 vote with Chief Public Defender Remy Starns, who decided not to renew the ...

Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko and Ventura County Public Defender Claudia Y. Bautista write about legal ...

Steffanie Foster was appointed interim public defender on July 2 by Elko County commissioners. Foster, who serves as Chief Civil Deputy Defender, has worked at the Public Defender’s Office for 16 ...

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 ...

Former substitute teacher Taji Hillson, who is facing five felony charges, including sexual assault and lewdness with a child ...

The prospect of the largest public defender strike in 30 years grew likelier Tuesday as hundreds of attorneys across a trio ...