Leaders within San Francisco's criminal justice system were forced this week to confront an ongoing crisis that has left some ...

Dozens of private New Mexico attorneys who are appointed to represent indigent federal defendants when federal public defenders can’t — because of a conflict or other reason — have notified the U.S.

By Jenna Greene (Reuters) -A group of prominent defense lawyers across the country have joined an effort to fix what they see ...

SOME PRIVATE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARE REFUSING TO TAKE FEDERAL CASES OVER A LACK OF FUNDING. THEY ARE USED WHEN FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THEY’RE PAID TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT. BUT ...

The state's highest court heard oral arguments Wednesday in an ongoing dispute over pay for public defenders. The fight has ...

District Attorney Larry Krasner has never been one to temper his words. When he first campaigned to be the city’s top ...

The 12-member panel returned the verdicts Monday, finding Denroy Dasent guilty in a pair of killings that took place on the same night in Burlington and South Burlington in 2022.

Baton Rouge has one of the slowest court system in the entire country. Officials worry that the mayor's impending cuts could ...

More than 50 private attorneys and contractors in New Mexico announced on Wednesday that they will stop taking new cases ...

An expert for the defense in the $40 million lawsuit filed by a former Virginia elementary school teacher shot by a ...