The summonses were issued in connection with an incident in Putnam County on Monday afternoon ... a 51-year-old Mahopac woman whose name has not yet been made public, was also issued a summons for ...

Two of the top lawyers with the Niagara County Public Defender’s Office, including a former North Tonawanda attorney in ...

"If private attorneys don't step up, if judges don't start assigning attorneys to cases, we are going to have unrepresented ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team has uncovered a criminal investigation into the Cuyahoga County Public Defender’s Office.

Public defense services in Idaho’s 44 counties were recently consolidated into the office of the State Public Defender.

Iowa Chief Public Defender Jeff Wright spent Tuesday in Scott County on a mission. "I'll be there to literally beg lawyers to help out," Wright said Monday. "We are in a really, really tough ...

KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho — As a shortage of public defenders continues to strain North Idaho’s legal system, Kootenai County’s top public defender says there’s no end in sight. Public ...

MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich. — There will be more public defenders to represent people charged with crimes in Muskegon County. On Tuesday night, County Commissioners approved the creation of 11 new ...

The Arkansas Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights just released a federally funded study calling for more public defenders in Arkansas. 40/29's Phil Reed investigated its ...