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

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

Oregon spends four times the national average on indigent defense yet thousands of cases have not been prosecuted because the ...

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.

Governor Mike DeWine recently held a press conference announcing the Executive Budget. This is the first step in the budget process, which will culminate in the signing of a finished two-year ...

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

Kansas is facing a crisis when it comes to defending accused criminals who cannot afford their own attorneys. A shrinking ...

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 ...

An Oregon man accused of repeatedly molesting and raping a child has been out of jail for more than 1 ½ years, his case unable to go forward. He faces at least 25 years in prison if found guilty, but ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills authorizing $50 million in legal funding for lawsuits against the Trump ...