With many county public defender offices pushed to the limits throughout Illinois, state lawmakers are moving forward on ...

Legislation in front of the General Assembly would create the “Office of State Public Defender,” which would primarily be ...

Criminal justice reform is once again holding up New York State's budget, as the State's spending will likely be at least two weeks late. (Lawmakers will return ...

Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, the Court’s most senior member, was elected by her colleagues Thursday to serve as the leader of ...

The lawsuit also lists the Massachusetts trial court ... night of drinking. Defense attorneys for Read say she was framed for ...

Several counties in the Midcoast and southern Maine still don’t have public defenders. The commission wrote in court records that the number of defendants who need attorneys continues to drop ...

Sherifa Shahab, a Police Ombusdman and human rights defender in Afghanistan, with the father of a detainee in police custody © Marcus Perkins for Amnesty ...

Public defenders must have time to review evidence, meet with clients, investigate facts, and prepare a defense. The most cost-effective delivery of public defense in our state comes from ...

A passionate advocate for those accused of heinous killings, Sanders has earned praise for his methodical work to expose ...

The scandal that scrambled Orange County’s justice system, upending dozens of murder cases, began late on a Friday night ... crime. Public Defender Scott Sanders addresses the court during ...