But similarly situated U.S. citizens in some Texas counties are falling through the cracks, especially in rural communities, ...

A man who killed five of his Cleveland, Texas neighbors, including a 9-year-old boy, and led authorities on a days-long ...

A June 2024 report by Texas A&M University’s Public Policy Research Institute in partnership with the Texas Indigent Defense Commission shows the number of attorneys taking at least one indigent ...

Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday called on Oklahoma lawmakers to spend nearly $1.4 billion less in the upcoming budget while ...

A lawsuit over Maine's failure to provide adequate legal representation to low-income defendants has finally gone to trial in ...

The Fulton County Commissioners held their two meeting for this past week on Tuesday, January 28th and Thursday, January 30th. Both meetings began at 9:00 a.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance and a ...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine was in court Wednesday to argue for the widespread release of low-income Mainers ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers have overlooked the first and most important line of defense for vulnerable ...

Gov. Janet Mills made history in 2022 when she signed a bill authorizing the state to hire its first set of public defenders. Mills said in a speech Tuesday that she has helped quadruple the state's ...