Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has approved a $20 hourly pay raise for public defenders in an effort to end their ongoing ...

Dozens of criminal cases are being dismissed in Massachusetts and other states as public defenders refuse to take on new cases until they get a pay raise.

More than 100 criminal cases in Boston, including with serious charges such as domestic violence, have been thrown out due to ...

Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders as part of an effort ...

From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The ...

Public defenders in Massachusetts have received a salary hike with the passage of a funding bill by state lawmakers, reported ...

Over 100 criminal cases in Massachusetts have been thrown out due to an ongoing work stoppage by disgruntled lawyers who ...

Seeking higher pay, lawyers for indigent defendants won’t take new clients. As a result, judges must dismiss cases against ...

Amid the state’s public defense crisis, lawmakers last month approved over $2 million for defense attorneys to take more ...

As the courts are ground to a halt with a work stoppage, is it time for the state to change its public defender system?

BOSTON — Defendants are being released in Massachusetts in the wake of a prolonged dispute over pay for the state's public defenders, and one of those set free was charged with a serious crime.