Recent cyberattacks on public defenders’ offices in multiple Western US states have spotlighted the technological ...

David Stebbins, a former federal public defender who played a prominent role in many Ohio death-penalty cases, died by ...

Private defense attorneys say they have become a de facto satellite office of the public defender — and are themselves at ...

The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access ...

In the courtrooms of the San Francisco Hall of Justice, attorneys with the Public Defenders’ Office have been opting out of ...

The SF Public Defender's office has warned that even with extra lawyers, they don't have the staffing to deal with their ...

Former Carson City deputy public defender Adam Lawson Woodrum received the maximum sentence in his molestation case according ...

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors appointed a new Public Defender this week to replace current Public Defender Sue ...

Four attorneys who used to lead local public defender offices are suing the Louisiana government and the state public ...

At least 132 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, the regional public ...

In Miami-Dade County, Fla., the public defender's office has embraced AI to organize information, conduct legal research and ...