Board member Adrejia L. A. Boutté speaks during a Louisiana Public Defender Board meeting at the Capitol on Thursday, March ...

Gov. Josh Stein named two judges to serve on district courts Thursday, including one in Gaston County. Stein’s office ...

Louisiana’s 37 chief public defenders hire and manage lawyers who represent criminal defendants who cannot afford their own ...

The Northwest Ohio Regional Public Defender is a welcome addition to the region, one that can remedy our longstanding ...

An Illinois House committee has approved by a 10-5 vote a measure that would create a statewide public defender’s office to ...

In recent months, Georgia has witnessed a significant wave of dismissals within its public sector, prompting concerns about ...

This comes just days after a ruling finding the state of Maine breached the Sixth Amendment. A new bill would allow courts to ...

Stephan Sterns’ public defender argues ubiquitous coverage of Madeline’s disappearance, death would taint jury pool ...

Charleston SC Judge Kristi Curtis dismissed a lawsuit against The Post and Courier over the Theodore Wagner case, saying it ...

An audit by Allegheny County reveals most public defenders face excessive caseloads and a lack of resources, putting clients ...

Assembly Bill 320 prevents a court from turning away defendants from hearings solely because they weren’t wearing ...

In April, a judge ruling will allow defendants who have been held for 14 days or longer without a lawyer to be released from ...