According to a federal indictment, Benson allegedly failed to forward taxes withheld from employees of his law firm to the ...

Cameron "Chip" Harrison, a Gaston County public defender, has been appointed as a District Court judge by Governor Josh Stein ...

The court therefore concludes that conducting the Pickering balancing test at this stage would be premature. {Gassman alleges that the Public Defender's removal and censorship of the photo was ...

The leadership change resulted from accusations that some people working in the Public Defenders Office were conducting ...

The path forward is clear. Oregon needs more public defenders, fair pay and ethical caseloads to grow and keep trained defenders, efficient court and prosecutor processes, and judges with more ...

A year after the Louisiana Legislature passed a controversial bill giving more power to a state public defender appointed by Gov. Jeff Landry, five chief public defenders have been told they are ...

according to police and a joint statement from two public defenders organizations. Soso Ramishvili was found dead inside a holding cell in the Kings County Criminal Court building on Schermerhorn ...

The last time judges in Marion County tried to force public defenders to take on new clients, more than half of the public defense staff quit and the issue landed at the state’s highest court.

Cook County must face an assistant public defender’s claim that it violated her free-speech rights by barring her display of a photograph of her standing with a gun in front of the Israeli flag.

Tennessee State Senator Brent Taylor and Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally have called for the Tennessee Supreme Court to ...