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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. But on Monday, the Missouri State Public ...

Louisiana’s statewide public defender plans to ask the Legislature for stable funding after a state audit revealed 12 district offices spent more than their revenue.

The Missouri State Public Defender System filed a lawsuit against Gov. Jay Nixon in Cole County because the governor withheld $3.5 million intended for the system last week. Leaders of the system said ...

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 ...