GUYS. THE COUNTY CONTROLLER TELLS ME THE REASON FOR DOING THIS AUDIT IS SIMPLE. HE SAYS THE MORE NUMBERS AND DATA WE SEE NOW THAT LEADS TO FIXING THESE LONG OVERDUE ...

Dirk Deaton, the committee chairman, asks Mary Fox, director of the Missouri State Public Defender, about the hiring of David Spears, who was convicted of two felonies in connection to the 2007 ...

A new proposal to help solve Washington’s public defender crisis is attracting bipartisan support in the Legislature but would carry a hefty price tag. Sponsored in the Senate by a diverse group ...

Unlike the vast majority of federal workers whose office leases are under review for termination, public defenders are not executive branch employees. They work for the judicial branch.

Hancock County Budget, Efficiency and Revenue Committee and Hancock County Council members Tammy Settergren and Scott Wooldridge listen in during a recent hearing. GREENFIELD — Hancock County ...

A bill that would install a public defender in every judicial jurisdiction in the commonwealth but also expand the responsibility of state prosecutors advanced in a Senate committee this week.

Federal public defenders representing him didn’t immediately return McClatchy News’ request for comment on Feb. 13. Rodriguez pleaded guilty in August, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Johns was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Grissom’s attorneys, federal public defenders Kristi Christopher and Thomas Hird, did not dispute Grissom’s guilt, but argued that he ...

Lawal was represented in court Monday by federal public defenders Katherine Evatt and Jeremy Thompson. In addition to Daniels, assistant federal prosecutors on the case in court Monday were ...