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

A Mexican-born man who pleaded guilty to criminal charges said his lawyer should have warned him the decision could lead to ...

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

The Georgia Public Defender Council (GPDC) honored retired Chief Justice Norman S. Fletcher during a special reception recognizing his transformative leadership and lifelong dedication to justice in ...

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

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

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

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

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 former public defender.

Defendants including some charged with serious crimes have begun being released in Massachusetts amid a dispute over pay for the state's public defenders. The first four defendants who didn't have ...