So-called "bar advocates"  — private attorneys who take on the criminal cases of indigent defendants — have stopped accepting ...

From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The ...

Hurricane Katrina exposed longstanding flaws in the New Orleans criminal justice system. In the 20 years since, there has ...

Just as the Republic Services strike has been called out as a threat to public health, the bar advocate work stoppage ...

Public defenders across America regularly work triple the cases they can effectively handle, and some work upwards of 10 times too many cases, according to an analysis of Lee Enterprises data ...

More than 100 criminal cases in Boston, including with serious charges such as domestic violence, have been thrown out due to ...

In a report released Wednesday, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury called for an overhaul of resources for the Public ...

The current appropriations marks for the federal public defender program are more than $100 million short of what they need to be to keep the system functioning.

The role of public defender “is meant to ensure that no defendant is denied their right to an attorney, which is provided under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution,” according to Justia.com.