Hearings are scheduled Tuesday for adult offenders who've had no legal representation for 45 days and therefore could have ...

Public defenders in Montgomery County have filed a lawsuit against county commissioners, claiming that 15,000 people a year are not receiving the legal representation they deserve.

After fighting extradition for months, he was transported to Maryland on Friday and officially charged with the murders of two other people.

Proposition 36, a voter-approved initiative aimed at increasing penalties for repeat theft and drug offenses, has been ...

Hunter Clark, 28, of 1607 Kenton St., OVI, dismissed, display of license plates, guilty, fined $100. Shawnda L. Cochran, 35, of 837 Southfield, domestic violence, dismissed, assault, dismissed.

So from the day this council was sworn in to now, that’s about 700  people less every single day who are spending the night ...

Call to issue an executive order echoes legislation that failed this year but raises questions about autonomy of local law ...

The funding crisis raised concerns in the federal judiciary about providing legally mandated representation to defendants.

Earlier in July, the U.S. Judiciary ran out of funds to pay private defense attorneys who augment the Office of the Public ...

The Office of the Federal Public Defender in Little Rock, which just celebrated 30 years, is looking to the future with a ...

One thing the public can do is petition leadership to investigate the $35,000 given by the FBI to a lawmaker during a federal ...

When officers arrived they found the victim, a Sonoma County Public Defender, who had been struck in the face multiple times ...