The news comes one year after the Louisiana Legislature passed a bill giving the state more power over public defense.

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

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 ...

Former Hennepin County Chief Public Defender Kassius Benson should be disbarred for his criminal and professional misconduct, according to a report filed to the Minnesota Supreme Court last week by ...

said the public defender at least insinuated in court filings “perhaps some doubt on his (Collings’) conviction” or perhaps “he should not have ultimately received the death sentence ...

A coalition of exonerated New Yorkers, civil rights advocates, and public defender groups called on ... the proposal have called on prosecutors to use funding allocated by Albany since 2022 ...

How should a judge respond to racist tirades in court from a man purportedly experiencing psychosis? The state Supreme Court ...

Karina Alvarez, a veteran Santa Clara County deputy public defender who has helmed or co ... Last May, a judge found a San Jose police officer’s use of a slur and a reference to ethnic ...

Brown did not appear during a probable cause court hearing early Wednesday and was not represented by a public defender ... Zero incidents should be the target." Caroline Wilburn is a breaking ...