San José Mayor Matt Mahan, a prominent Prop ... The measure’s critics, such as Contra Costa County Chief Public Defender Ellen McDonnell, said Prop. 36 would criminalize poverty and increase ...

San José Mayor Matt Mahan ... we’ve desperately needed for years,” Mahan said. The measure’s critics, such as Contra Costa County Chief Public Defender Ellen McDonnell, said Prop.

San José Mayor Matt Mahan ... we’ve desperately needed for years,” Mahan said. The measure’s critics, such as Contra Costa County Chief Public Defender Ellen McDonnell, said Prop.

The Panhandle Area Public Defender Office celebrated the swearing-in of new attorneys who are now full-time Public Defenders.

King County Executive Director Dow Constantine appointed Matt Sanders ... Governing Board adopted new standards for public defenders, switching from a flat case limit to a weighted case standard ...

Razor wire tops a perimeter fence at the Mesa County Detention Center at 215 ... Eret told them she doesn’t have public defenders in her courtroom and that people would have to apply for free ...

St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners approved its roster of public defenders for the 2024-25 fiscal year. During their monthly meeting Tuesday, commissioners agreed to terms with Keith Stickley, ...

Oldham County and Potter County, and all of those counties got together and decided to have one public defenders office with satellite offices,” said Chief Howell. Two-thirds of the funds ...

Pay scale: Compensation for attorneys who run local public defender offices will remain the same, in spite of a monthslong effort from Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration to change their pay scale.

Rennie, has lamented about the absence of public ... County, requesting the Bar to provide pro bono lawyers to represent them in the Magisterial Courts. “,Since most of them are not legally inclined, ...