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 ...

The Commission on Judicial Performance found that Solano County Superior Court Judge Robert Bowers improperly encouraged the defendant in a homicide case to drop his public defender.

BOSTON (AP) — Defendants are being released in Massachusetts in the wake of a prolonged dispute over pay for the state’s public defenders, and one of those set free was charged with a serious ...

A Colorado public defender who says she was attacked by her client in the Arapahoe County Detention Center during a one-on-one meeting in which the client was not handcuffed or shackled sued the ...

Over the last three years, the shortage of public defenders in Washington state has built to a crisis. It’s been taking a toll on the lawyers who represent clients that need representation but ...

Hall County deputies were called to the Public Defender's Office just before 9 a.m. regarding an employee who had recently died.

San Francisco's district attorney and public defender joined hands in a rare show of solidarity on Tuesday in support of free legal aid.

Lena Bryan-Henderson, Allegheny County’s former chief public defender, has filed a lawsuit against County Manager John Fournier for wrongful termination.

State public defender Remy Starns had declined to renew the contracts of five district chiefs.

Allegheny County’s former top public defender filed a lawsuit Tuesday, alleging she was wrongfully terminated.

A St. Joseph County Jail inmate has been charged with attacking his public defender.It happened Friday during a court appearance for Edward Randolph.Court docum ...

Edward Randolph is facing several charges after investigators say he attacked a public defender during a hearing inside the jail courtroom.