POTTSVILLE — The hearing on a possible change of venue in the murder trial of Lamour Branch is April 16, President Judge ...

An inmate at SCI Phoenix from Schuyllkill County must answer to charges in Montgomery County Court that he fatally beat ...

POTTSVILLE—  The 17-year-old Mahanoy City teen charged with felony robbery and other offenses in connection with an October ...

Northampton County Council voted 7-1 Thursday to approve a request from the county's chief public defender to make the ...

Authorities said suspects from a multi-county police chase with gunfire bailed out near a Walmart in Saint Clair.

Attorney Vince Sandonato is no longer working for the Niagara County Public Defender’s Office, but he will continue to be employed by the county in a different capacity as long as he complies with ...

A recently released audit shows concerns about Allegheny County's heavy caseloads for public defenders that possibly make it ...

Five attorneys who run local public defender offices in Louisiana will be forced out of their jobs in July, and contracts for ...

In an audit released Thursday, Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor raised concerns that public defenders’ heavy caseloads may make it difficult to provide effective representation. “Attorneys, ...

Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels says the months-long local backlog of defendants without representation has ...