Five Louisiana public defenders allege their terminations are retaliation for exercising their First Amendment rights. The ...

Indianas attorney shortage is hitting prosecutor and public defender offices particularly hard. And lawmakers want to boost ...

Six public safety leaders at Shasta County's public safety summit outlined challenges including low salaries, staffing woes ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Five attorneys who run local public defender offices in Louisiana will be forced out of their jobs in July, ...

“When courts cannot find qualified lawyers to serve as either public defenders or prosecutors, justice simply cannot be served,” Cullen said. The average salary for a full-time deputy ...

The Clackamas County Circuit Court appointed a public defender to represent Melissa Fireside, the former Clackamas County commissioner who faces felony theft allegations. Records show Fireside’s ...

Five attorneys who run local public defender offices in Louisiana will be forced out of their jobs in July, and contracts for ...

chief local public defenders and two separate boards over whether Starns should control those attorneys’ salaries. Starns told the five district defenders he will not renew their annual ...

Niagara County has denied a request to release two reports from a private law firm paid more than $23,000 to conduct an investigation that led to the removal of the two top attorneys from the public ...

Low salaries have contributed to recruiting challenges, Jones said, adding that an entry-level public defender in Sacramento earns $44,000 above the salary offered to entry-level public defenders ...

The legislators are currently working on the new fiscal year state budget which is supposed to be adopted by the end of June.