Defendants including some charged with serious crimes have begun being released in Massachusetts amid a dispute over pay for the state's public defenders.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, a federal district court judge in California, disagreed, temporarily blocking the administration from mandating mass agency-wide layoffs while lower court ...

Henry Tenon's public defender withdrew from the Jared Bridegan murder case due to a conflict of interest. Tenon, who pleaded guilty to being the triggerman, previously tried to claim false testimony ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and ...

Suspect in Minnesota Assassination Ordered to Stay in Jail Until Federal Trial The man faces federal and state murder charges over shootings that killed a state lawmaker and her husband and ...

Broad Street Presbyterian Food Pantry Director Kathy Kelly-Long believes need will increase if the program is cut back, and she said food pantries can't keep up.

An attorney said a fifth family member from one vehicle remains in critical condition after a big rig driver is accused of falling asleep at the wheel Saturday afternoon in Kaufman County. A total ...

In a motion filed late Monday, Assistant Federal Public Defenders Steven Barth and Julie Stelzig said the government has set a July 28 deadline for them to explain why the death penalty should not ...

A woman charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont wants to delay the government’s decision on whether to seek the death penalty by at least six months. Lawyers for Teresa ...

In a motion filed late Monday, Assistant Federal Public Defenders Steven Barth and Julie Stelzig said the government has set a July 28 deadline for them to explain why the death penalty should not ...