The Walmart of public defense: How justice gets sold to the lowest bidder in rural California

For three years, the fate of poor people accused of crimes in San Benito County lay in the hands of attorneys who barely spoke with their clients and seldom filed legal motions on their behalf. While ...
Maryland Matters

Maryland Public Defender to lead new partnership on criminal justice reform

The Maryland Public Defender's Office is forming a new partnership to transform the state's criminal justice system by implementing recommendations of another collaborative that was dissolved less ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

'I upheld my client's rights': Collection of essays by public defenders includes two Santa Fe attorneys

Jennifer Burrill provides behind-the-scenes details about her work on a Santa Fe murder case in which she pointed out Santa ...
Washington Examiner

Trump defenders poised to go on offense at DOJ

President-elect Donald Trump’s staunchest personal legal defenders are set to transform into his Department of Justice leadership team and will, if confirmed, face their toughest loyalty test yet as ...
WESH

Former 9th Circuit public defender Bob Wesley dies

SUPPORT THAT VIEW. FORMER ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER BOB WESLEY HAS DIED. WESLEY WAS A FIERCE DEFENDER OF JUSTICE AND DEFENDANTS RIGHTS. HE SERVED AS A ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

WA Supreme Court is told cutting public defender caseloads could incite ‘vigilante’ justice

Prosecutors are warning the Washington state Supreme Court that reducing public defender caseloads could lead to filing of fewer criminal charges and people seeking retribution on their own. “This is ...
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Former 9th Circuit public defender Bob Wesley dies

Former 9th Circuit public defender Bob Wesley has died, WESH 2 has learned. It happened Thursday night, sources tell WESH 2. Sign up for our Newsletters He was a fierce defender of justice and ...