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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

One person was sentenced recently on felony charges in Southeast District Court in. Lisa Nicole Ducharme, 45, Rugby, North Dakota, pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal conspiracy, Class C felonies ...

The state Supreme Court’s rulemaking committee has adopted changes to how court transcriptions are prepared. A proposal last year mandated audio recordings in courtrooms next year, potentially paving ...

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 ...