Farina Barth enters her classroom with several years of courtroom experience in what can be the rawest legal setting there is. Barth, a lecturer in the School of Law who teaches first-year Legal ...

One of the fastest growing departments in state government is priming the pump for another massive increase in funding. In a manner befitting Henny Penny, the Office of the State Public Defender is ...

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This is one of two op-eds published today on Oregon’s public defense crisis. To read the opinion authored by two district attorneys, click here. Stacey Lowe, Joel Wirtz and Clint Oborn For The ...

The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office has, under Brooke Jenkins, made a “pattern and practice” of improperly withholding evidence in both misdemeanor and felony cases, the city’s public ...

A Louisiana board on Monday narrowly rejected appeals from five top parish public defenders who sought to keep their jobs after the state public defender said he would not renew their contracts. In a ...

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’s chief ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers plan to make a second push to create a statewide office to help under-resourced public defenders after a previous effort fizzled amid questions over whether the office ...

Five attorneys who run local public defender offices in Louisiana will be forced out of their jobs in July, and contracts for the 32 remaining district defenders are “under review” for potential ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Five attorneys who run local public defender offices in Louisiana will be forced out of their jobs in July, and contracts for the 32 remaining district defenders are “under review” ...

This story was produced andoriginally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. It was made possible bydonors like you. Tracy Germait has waited more than two years for a public ...