A bill that would install a public defender in every judicial jurisdiction in the commonwealth but also expand the ...

We have huge challenges with people who have mental illness,’ says Miami-Dade Public Defender Carlos Martinez.

Lawyers contend Dorchester County jurors in Marion Bowman's death penalty trial didn't get full story, but appeals court say ...

For the past 15 years, at least two lawyers and officers from the Police Department, New Mexico State Police and the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office ran a racketeering enterprise taking bribes in ...

The president just gave roughly 1,500 Capitol rioters a clean slate, even though many of them brutally assaulted roughly 140 officers.

HANCOCK COUNTY — Hancock County’s chief public defender is again asking county officials for funds, an estimated $15,700, to ...

The Washington State Constitution guarantees that in criminal prosecutions, the accused has the right to appear and defend ...

After years of controversy and legal battles, we now know who will serve as judges in the new Capitol Complex Improvement ...

A jury this week acquitted a man of three felony counts of resisting officers and found him guilty of felony vandalism for an incident that occurred at a Kern County hospital. In April 2023, Matthew ...

The FOX 8 I-Team has found no charges will be filed after an investigation into the Cuyahoga County Public Defender’s Office.

Prosecutors and defense counsel met Friday in Cambria County court for a brief status conference regarding a 2023 homicide in the Oakhurst Homes section of Johnstown.

There is recent history of one candidate coming up for a vote and not getting a majority. In 2024, judicial candidate James ...