Two Pinal County public defenders, Kevin Heade and Paul Lovelis, received prestigious awards for their work in indigent ...

"I find that alarming," a state lawmaker says about 85% of a state legal defense fund going to assist people arrested under ...

The most common criminal charge filed against a defendant in Maine courts may not even be for a crime. If someone out on bail ...

Leonard Hill had been charged with aggravated assault. The Philly DA's Office is now asking for him to be accepted into a ...

More than 60 counties in Pennsylvania have a shortage of public defenders for low-income residents who need these services.

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

In one of her first acts just hours after being sworn in, AG Pam Bondi signed a memorandum to pause or end funding for ...

The era of progressive prosecutors is a failed experiment. Neighborhoods fell apart, crime soared, businesses fled, and ...

Lippman, who serves in an of-counsel capacity with Latham & Watkins, provided advice and is advocating for the reform bill, which calls for a state judge presiding over a sexual assault case to use ...

Author: Josh Keefe, Rose Lundy, Emily Bader, and Stephanie McFeeters for The Maine Monitor. Josh Keefe is a government ...

The County Commissioners Association of Ohio (CCAO) applauds Governor DeWine and his administration for strong support of county government in the executive biennial budget proposal. In his ...