Aug. 18—The debacle that is this state's pitiful excuse for a public defender system went from bad to worse this week when the chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court abruptly fired all nine members ...

With the Missouri public defenders suffering from overwork and low pay, the president of the Missouri Bar said Tuesday that it changes in the system could be seen as early as next fiscal year. In ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's criminal justice system continues to be threatened by a severely overtaxed public defenders system, according to a new study. Missouri's public defender system has "an ...

Allegheny County’s public defenders have untenable workloads and insufficient resources, leaving their clients at a disadvantage, according to a recently released audit from the county controller. The ...

A disturbing new report from the Louisiana Public Defender Board predicts public defender offices in 19 parishes will be insolvent by next July. These offices will have to restrict their services, and ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. I served four years active ...