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 ...

Bueso Monday and brought him to the Butler County Jail. The Franklin County Public Defenders are calling on the Franklin ...

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

When the system functions, a lawyer or judge requests an evaluation, a medical professional assesses a defendant's ...

Newly released executive session minutes finally let the public see why the Agribusiness Development Corp. hired Wendy Gady ...

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

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.

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

Gerald W. Koogle of Halfway was sentenced on Aug. 4 to 30 years, with another 20 suspended, for an incident in which deputies ...

"Joe Mazraani was larger than life. He was kind, compassionate, and generous. A mentor and a student, a friend, brother, son, ...

The Office of Disciplinary Council has filed two complaints against a former Office of Public Defender staff attorney ...