Mississippi is known as one of the worst states for public defense. In one lower court, most defendants went without any lawyer before indictment. The right to an attorney is fundamental to the U.S.

Massachusetts' highest court ruled Wednesday that a shortage of defense lawyers caused by low pay is violating poor defendants' constitutional rights, and said cases must be dismissed against suspects ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor split from their colleagues over criminal defendants’ rights to be present in jury proceedings, dissenting from the court’s ...

ASHEVILLE – One December morning in a Buncombe County District Courtroom, defendants appeared in front of Judge Patricia K. Young on a video screen for their first appearance. Defendants shuffled in ...

You don’t have to spend a lifetime in the courtrooms of New Mexico to know that our criminal justice system is not working. From the lack of transparency about defendants who violate conditions of ...