A new proposal to help solve Washington’s public defender crisis is attracting bipartisan support in the Legislature but would carry a hefty price tag. Sponsored in the Senate by a diverse group ...

Is the Trump administration’s strategy to decrease the size of government similar to the one Elon Musk enacted when he took over the social media company Twitter? Middle and HS Students from ...

Victoria County Commissioners received an update on the status of the Crossroads Public Defender’s Office on Monday during their regular meeting. “We’re still in our recruiting and hiring ...

It was Edineia’s third attempt to obtain legal help at the only public defender’s office operating outside the state capital. Because the city has only one public defender, who also serves as ...

OAKLAND — Despite “substantial efforts,” the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office has been unable to serve recalled District Attorney Pamela Price with a rare subpoena that could help ...

Jan. 21—LOCKPORT — The Niagara County Public Defender's Office is undergoing a leadership shakeup in keeping with recommendations from a private law firm that determined the office's two top ...

Quintanilla appealed the case. Last week, Miami-Dade Public Defender Carlos Martinez filed a 21-page motion to disqualify 3rd District Court of Appeal Judge Bronwyn Miller, should she have been ...

WEST PALM BEACH — Surrounded by friends, family and colleagues, Daniel Eisinger took the oath of office Friday as Palm Beach County's new public defender — its first since Carey Haughwout took ...

The program offers limited loan forgiveness for prosecutors, public defenders and indigent legal services lawyers. Last year, the state allocated $2.4 million for the program. Coupled with the extra ...

The institute surveyed judges, county commissioners, public defenders, private defense attorneys and others, more than 70% of which said they considered the availability of attorneys a significant ...

TOPEKA — Public defenders in Kansas face borderline unethical caseloads, lower pay rates than peers and now the possibility of even less funding to address attorney shortages. Heather Cessna, ...

Heather Cessna, executive director of the Kansas Board of Indigents’ Defense Services, describes a public defender system in crisis Jan. 14, 2025, at a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee.