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Pennsylvania US District Court Nominee Touts Philadelphia Support | The Legal Intelligencer
Law.com· 50 minutes ago“Everyone has been encouraging me to do this, because they believe I can do it, they believe I can be a good judge,” Henry, a career public defender, said ...
Shortage of public defenders in Maine allowed release of man who caused fiery standoff
Associated Press via AOL· 3 days agoMaine’s shortage of public defenders allowed a man with a violent criminal history to be released on...
Editorial | Public defender shortage is a WA crisis that requires local and state action
Tri-City Herald McClatchy via AOL· 5 days agoWhen the state can’t provide both, it would be unjust to leave someone languishing in a jail cell....
Six months in, Maine’s first public defenders’ office talks strategy
WCSH 6 Portland· 4 days agoHillary Knight told her fellow public defenders that if the state couldn’t test substances in a...
Pennsylvania public defense system is unconstitutional, underfunded by at least $100M, new ACLU suit...
WHYY· 6 days agoPennsylvania has not provided consistent funding for indigent defense until this year. Instead, state law has made it the sole responsibility of each of the 67 counties to pay for the federal ...
Black and women lawyers' group to keep appointments to Indigent Defense Services Commission. Autopsy...
Winston-Salem Journal· 6 days agoThe revamped bill also gives back appointments from the N.C. Association of Black Lawyers and the...
Lubbock lawyer elected as president of Texas criminal defense attorneys' group
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHe initially started his private practice in Crane before moving to Lubbock to serve under the...
Sebring bank shooting: Doctor tells jurors gunman has a brain tumor during sentencing trial
WTVT via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoOn Thursday morning, jurors in the Sebring bank shooter’s sentencing trial heard testimony from a...
Find Out Which Lobbying Groups Get Their Way Most Often In The California Legislature
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 days agoBy Ryan Sabalow
Responsibility falls on judge for deadly Auburn incident, Maine police unions say
WCSH 6 Portland· 3 days agoMichael Edes represents both the Maine Fraternal Order of Police and the Maine State Troopers ...