Scotland employs a system in which clients can choose between a fully funded public defender or private counsel ... better appointed attorneys to defendants who merely accepted the judge’s selected ...

MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI - Muskegon County Probate Judge Gregory Pittman beat challenger Kendrah Robinson, a public defender, in the Tuesday, Nov. 5, general election. The term is six years.

An Owyhee County judge ordered Idaho State Public Defender Eric Fredericksen to appear in court to explain why he should not be held contempt after public defenders have failed to appear for hearings.

Alicia Price’s fiance has been in the Canyon County Jail for more than 121 days. Her fiance is facing felony charges, and he has not had access to a public defender since Oct. 1, when his ...

Peace in Palestine.” At the first hearing, a city prosecutor asked a judge to ban the protester from all local McDonald’s, among other conditions. A public defender convinced a judge that the ...

Her fiance is facing felony charges, and he has not had access to a public defender since Oct. 1, when his previous attorney resigned. Price requested her fiance’s name remain anonymous ...

The Iowa Public Defender's office is asking the state Supreme ... The Quad-City Times/Dispatch-Argus reached out to District 7 Chief Judge Henry Latham for comment, and the Scott County Court ...

A Palestinian-American attorney who represents indigent defendants claims two 35th District Court judges discriminated ...

Many people charged with felonies in Idaho remain in jail because they cannot afford bail, making free and timely access to communicate with a public defender crucial to their future in the ...

Jackson County Judge Jill Sklar and Chief Public Defender Brian Watson. The rapidly expanding office, currently at nine staff and two interns, will eventually have 19 attorneys and 28 total employees.