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

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

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

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

As the public defender work stoppage continues in Massachusetts, hundreds of criminal cases could be tossed out within the ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...