Employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, including lawyers and social workers, are pushing to unionize and hope to have the issue on the ballot next year.Supporters argue that as state ...

Dozens of criminal cases are being dismissed in Massachusetts and other states as public defenders refuse to take on new cases until they get a pay raise.

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

The Franklin County public defenders' union is calling on the Municipal Court judges to protect the public from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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.