SHREVEPORT, La. - Five attorneys who run local public defender offices in Louisiana will be forced out of their jobs in July, and contracts for the 32 remaining district defenders are “under ...

GUYS. THE COUNTY CONTROLLER TELLS ME THE REASON FOR DOING THIS AUDIT IS SIMPLE. HE SAYS THE MORE NUMBERS AND DATA WE SEE NOW THAT LEADS TO FIXING THESE LONG OVERDUE ...

SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — For years, Oregon has struggled with a public defender shortage, which experts say is the root cause of issues like delayed trials and overcrowded jails. Multnomah County ...

Dirk Deaton, the committee chairman, asks Mary Fox, director of the Missouri State Public Defender, about the hiring of David Spears, who was convicted of two felonies in connection to the 2007 ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansans have been sounding the alarm as money that was approved to pay public defenders in August is now close to running out. The part-time public defenders were first ...

In an audit released Thursday, Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor raised concerns that public defenders’ heavy caseloads may make it difficult to provide effective representation.

A coalition of exonerated New Yorkers, civil rights advocates, and public defender groups called on state lawmakers Monday to reject a “shameful” effort by Gov. Hochul and the city’s ...

A former Carson City deputy public defender is facing a felony charge of lewdness with a child under the age of 16. Adam Lawson Woodrum, 46, is accused of fondling a child, according to a complaint ...

WEST PLAINS, Mo. (KY3) - Leadership at the public defender’s office in West Plains says a man who served time for the death of nine-year-old Rowan Ford is no longer employed. David Spears ...

The ruling, issued this week, led to the reduction of felony convictions to misdemeanors for the defendant, 22-year-old Adonte Bailey, marking a significant victory for racial justice advocates and ...