San Francisco Superior Court is facing another backlog of criminal cases that could be dismissed, just over a year after dozens of cases had to be dismissed because they had gone past ...

Panel attorneys in federal criminal cases remain unpaid, risking defendants’ rights and access to experts. Congress must fund ...

Terry Davis is passionate about her job. The head of the public defender's in Napa County believes in the criminal justice system, and strongly believes in her office's role in making it work fairly.

Hiltzheimer Law, a leading criminal defense firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina, today announced a renewed focus on ...

LAWRENCE, Kansas (KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) — Every day, Jessica Glendening expects to receive a list of new criminal cases that need public defenders in the Douglas County District Court. That list ...

Many low-income criminal defendants in Queens who need a free attorney will now be represented by a public defender organization based in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Defender Services on Tuesday took over a ...

Washington counties and cities must dramatically reduce their caseload caps for public defenders but will be allowed to carry out the contentious change over the span of a decade, the state Supreme ...

There's a statewide public defender shortage, according to a University of Pennsylvania study published this year, and Bucks County has the worst shortage in the Philadelphia area. While Philadelphia, ...

The length of time it takes for criminal cases to resolve in Olmsted County District Court shot up the first half of 2025.