Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has approved a $20 hourly pay raise for public defenders in an effort to end their ongoing ...

Shipwreck explorer Joe Mazraani, 48, died during a deep-sea dive off the Massachusetts coast, as the investigation into his death continues.

Hurricane Katrina exposed longstanding flaws in the New Orleans criminal justice system. In the 20 years since, there has ...

Accomplice Ricardo Tomas Jauregui-Moreno testified in Santa Barbara County Superior Court on Monday that he heard gunshots ...

Public defenders criticized a “tactical” move in which Baltimore prosecutors dropped and then refiled new attempted murder ...

It remains unclear if the $20 per hour raise, over the next two years, will end the lawyers ongoing work stoppage.

The Public Defender’s Office is getting a new system to assist in processing its growing caseload. County commissioners ...

Dozens of criminal cases are being dismissed in Massachusetts and other states as public defenders refuse to take on new cases until they get a pay raise.

The Franklin County public defenders' union is calling on the Municipal Court judges to protect the public from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

More than 120 defendants in Massachusetts have had their charges — ranging from assault to drug possession — dropped after public defenders refused to take new cases over a long-running pay ...

The pay of public defenders is a national issue Massachusetts is the latest state struggling to adequately fund its public defender system.