Following a complaint from a female attorney County spent more than $23,000 to hire a private law firm to investigate the ...

A recently released audit shows concerns about Allegheny County's heavy caseloads for public defenders that possibly make it ...

David Spears received an 11-year prison sentence in 2012. He was released from prison on probation in March 2015. He now works as a secretary for the Missouri State Public Defender, ...

WARNING: Details in this story might be considered graphic to some audiences. Read at your own discretion.***A former Carson ...

In Multnomah County, the district attorney has unfairly demonized public defenders, blaming us for systemic failures beyond ...

Hancock County’s chief public defender is still waiting to hear from county council members about whether his department’s administrative assistants will get pay raises this year.

Several members of the Missouri House Budget Committee Thursday walked out of a hearing with the Public Defender’s Office.

"Unprofessional conduct I guess would be the best way to describe it," Robins said. By law, the county's chief public defender is a position appointed by the legislature for two-year terms.

A new proposal to help solve Washington’s public defender crisis is attracting bipartisan support in the Legislature but would carry a hefty price tag. Sponsored in the Senate by a diverse group ...

The program offers limited loan forgiveness for prosecutors, public defenders and indigent legal services lawyers. Last year, the state allocated $2.4 million for the program. Coupled with the extra ...