The inmate accused of stabbing Derek Chauvin in a Tucson prison law library has decided not to defend himself and take up public defenders.

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

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

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

A public defender has been charged with trying to smuggle contraband into the Rikers Island jail complex after, officials said, he brought papers to a client meeting that were laced with THC, the ...

Two members of the Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board have resigned just 14 months into what were supposed to be four-year terms.

Overloaded with cases, public defenders often cannot give enough time to each client, and defendants may face long waits to get an attorney.

The public defender’s misdemeanor unit says it tracked 50 incidents in a six month period of the DA failing to turn over evidence on time.

The San Francisco Public Defender says his office has stopped taking cases once a week because they're overloaded.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A longtime public defender who won a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Arkansas Public Defender Commission believes it was all worth it, despite being awarded less ...

Maryland will pay up to $100K for outside legal counsel for Public Defender Natasha Dartigue in a defamation suit filed by a former intern.

Clients and community members lose confidence in public defenders who are employed at the mercy of the very courts that seek to punish them.