Michael Light II, who works as a senior assistant public defender in Lebanon County, will challenge Republican Pier Hess Graf ...

The Oregon Legislature is currently deciding how to tinker with the state's public defense system to meet the surge in criminal defendants going without attorneys.

In a first of its kind ruling, a San Francisco judge has granted the city’s first successful motion under the California ...

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved one-time emergency funding on Tuesday of $3.5 million, including $2.2 ...

I read in the Colorado Sun last spring that a national study by the American Bar Association found that Colorado needs three ...

Every week in March we are highlighting women who are making a difference across West Michigan through work and service. The ...

For the first time in San Francisco since Racial Justice Act became state law in 2021, a judge granted an RJA motion filed by ...

Millions of people are barred from owning firearms even though they have no history of violence, and they have essentially no ...

John Hogue — who oversees the district covering East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas parishes — said he is worried about the impacts this could have on rural communities.

Former Hennepin County Chief Public Defender Kassius Benson should be disbarred for his criminal and professional misconduct, according to a report filed to the Minnesota Supreme Court last week by ...

An Illinois lawmaker has introduced a bill that critics say will make it legal for anyone experiencing a mental health episode to attack police officers. Democratic state Rep. Lisa Davis, an attorney ...