Travis Schwantes, a former public defender, pleaded guilty to one felony and two misdemeanors as part of an investigation ...

Four days after the state’s highest court issued an order to release unrepresented indigent defendants from jail if they’ve ...

The San Francisco Public Defender's Office is criticizing the District Attorney for overzealous and wasteful prosecutions of ...

Westmoreland County’s longtime chief public defender, Wayne McGrew, resigned late last week. “His last day officially was ...

A public defender pay dispute could lead to the release of Suffolk County defendants under the Lavallee Protocol, as hearings ...

The Commission on Judicial Performance found that Solano County Superior Court Judge Robert Bowers improperly encouraged the ...

Prosecutors charged Travis Schwantes, 54, with crimes relating to prostitution and abusing his public office in a prostitution ring operating out of a near west side Milwaukee apartment building.

Five attorneys who run local public defender offices in Louisiana -- including Caddo Parish -- were replaced Tuesday even as ...

Monday to uphold the ouster of five attorneys who lead local public defender offices. The decision follows the replacement of ...

Adam Lawson Woodrum had been out on bail since his initial arrest, but the state requested he be held in the Carson City ...

Many low-income criminal defendants in Queens who need a free attorney will now be represented by a public defender ...

Jasper Police have charged two individuals in connection with an arson fire that destroyed the Walker County Public ...