The case of an attorney with the Arkansas Public Defender Commission who sued the commission in 2021 claiming racial discrimination... Dale Ellis covers the federal courthouse beat for the ...

There were no public defenders available to represent the defendant. Jake Parrish For InvestigateWest While Washington state lawmakers’ budget more than doubles funding for public defenders ...

Luzerne County’s Government Study Commission recently reached a decision on the possible creation of a county jail oversight board and public defender advisory board. The commission is drafting ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A public defender is appointed to represent a UMass college student accused of firebombing a Cybertruck at a Kansas City Tesla center. Federal agents arrested Owen ...

In Washington County, Judge Rebecca Guptill told the publicly funded Metropolitan Public Defender, which operates offices in Washington and Multnomah counties, to produce detailed caseload ...

The justices wrestled over whether parents of four elementary school-aged children in a Maryland public school should be able to ... relating to family life and human sexuality. Judge Deborah Boardman ...

Now, we need the will to bring life into the words. Natasha Dartigue ([email protected]) is public defender for Maryland and co-chair of the Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative.

John “Sather” Gowdy, a Spokane County public defender and founder of Heal Spokane, has been placed on leave after allegedly misusing more than $40,000 in nonprofit funds. He currently faces ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — At least one trial has been delayed after a ransomware attack hit the federal public defender’s office in Phoenix, which provides counsel to defendants in federal court.

Spokane County has placed a public defender on administrative leave after a state prosecutor last week filed criminal charges against the lawyer related to his management of the funds from of a ...

Allegheny County’s chief public defender says she plans to fight allegations that resulted in her placement on paid administrative leave earlier this month. Lena Bryan-Henderson denied ...