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

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.

The Office of Disciplinary Council has filed two complaints against a former Office of Public Defender staff attorney ...

Prosecutors want lawmakers to change Ohio's legal definition of burglary, over concerns by the state's public defender.

Lorain County commissioners are exploring whether to establish a public defender office after spending $3.8 million in private attorney fees in 2024. Commission Vice President David Moore was at a ...

Gerald W. Koogle of Halfway was sentenced on Aug. 4 to 30 years, with another 20 suspended, for an incident in which deputies ...

Counties want to remake Washington’s approach to public defense, in which they shoulder almost all the costs of representing ...

Joe Mazraani was larger than life. He was kind, compassionate, and generous. A mentor and a student, a friend, brother, son, and partner,” Atlantic Wreck Salvage shared.

A SHIPWRECK explorer has died on a wreck diving expedition as his friends fought to save him. Joe Mazraanie, 48, was diving ...

Allegheny County’s top judge has clamped down on a controversial legal maneuver that freed a violent crime defendant from ...

Byron Black is being executed despite his intellectual disabilities and a heart device that his attorneys said could cause a ...

Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black on Tuesday for the 1988 murders of a woman and her two young daughters, despite ...