The judge who fined a public defender $100 and ordered him to write an apology letter for being late says he followed the ...

In a first of its kind ruling, a San Francisco judge has granted the city’s first successful motion under the California ...

The N.J. public defender's office sued the State Police in 2023 over its yearslong delays in processing expungement orders.

In a groundbreaking settlement, the State Police has agreed to expedite the expungement of criminal records for thousands of ...

A coalition of exonerated New Yorkers, civil rights advocates, and public defender groups called on state lawmakers Monday to ...

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved one-time emergency funding on Tuesday of $3.5 million, including $2.2 ...

In addition to employing Spears, the Missouri State Public Defender represented Collings during the appeals process, raising conflict-of-interest concerns. On Thursday, during a House Budget ...

The program’s goal is to reduce the caseloads of local public defenders, giving more time to visit clients, conduct ...

said he was surprised that the public defender’s office would advocate for a program that requires minors to admit to their crimes before they can go through the informal process. He questioned ...

Six months of stats can get lost in a blur, but TEEM leaders say some people find themselves through its pretrial services ...

Earlier this month, the same committee threatened to stall the budgetary approval process over the department ... the director of the Missouri State Public Defender’s office, including proposed ...