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 ...

Plummer is executive director of Public Defender Services of Lane County and a member of Public Defenders of Oregon. She lives in Eugene. In a recent op-ed, Kevin Neely speaks on behalf of a new ...

SPRINGFIELD — In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that every person has a constitutional right to free legal representation in criminal cases, including poor people who are ...

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 ...