Public Defenders
- Lawyers Must Keep Representing Murder Defendant Who Won’t Communicate With Them, Judge Rules
Feb 8, 2012, 11:48 am CST
- NJ Prosecutor Seeks Court Permission to Conduct State’s First Juror Background Checks
Jan 13, 2012, 03:15 pm CST
- Former Court Clerk Gets 10 Years for Stealing $500K from Ticket and Fine Payments
Jan 12, 2012, 03:20 pm CST
- Latest Lawyers for Billionaire Allen Stanford Want to Call It Quits; $7B Fraud Trial Is Days Away
Jan 12, 2012, 12:22 pm CST
- PD Seeks Dismissal of 6 Cases, Says Defendants Were Arrested During ‘Voyeuristic Reality TV Show’
Jan 10, 2012, 01:48 pm CST
- Md. Top Court Rules Poor Defendants Entitled to Lawyers at Bail Hearings; PD Says He Can’t Comply
Jan 5, 2012, 09:56 am CST
- As Judge Vacationed in China, Clerks Issued Warrants and Continuances
Dec 19, 2011, 06:00 pm CST
- Dr. Conrad Murray Asks for Appointed Counsel, Saying He Is Indigent
Dec 14, 2011, 11:36 am CST
- Fla. Lawyer Facing 3rd DUI, Has Been Accused of Drinking on the Job, But Has No Disciplinary Record
Nov 15, 2011, 12:38 pm CST
- Letters: Rebel-Rousers
Nov 1, 2011, 03:50 am CST
- Power Outage Puts Broward Courts, Sheriff’s Deputies and Lawyers Back in Pre-Computer ‘Stone Age’
Oct 24, 2011, 02:26 pm CST
- Mistakes by Defense Lawyers Led to Reversals or Remands in Nearly a Third of Pa. Capital Cases
Oct 24, 2011, 10:00 am CST
- Public Defender Loses Lawsuit Over His Courtroom Scuffle with Deputies
Oct 20, 2011, 01:00 pm CST
- ABA Brief Filed in Md. Supports Counsel for Indigents at Bail and Pretrial Release Hearings
Oct 5, 2011, 04:30 am CST
- Lawyers on the Docket: Court Term Kicks Off with a Look at Legal Representation
Oct 1, 2011, 02:30 am CST
- The Burden of Reasonable Doubt: When a Standard Designed to Protect Defendants Actually Hurts Them
Oct 1, 2011, 02:20 am CST
- For the Second Time in a Week, the Supreme Court Stays an Execution
Sep 21, 2011, 05:44 am CST
- 2 Lawyers Face Federal Wire Fraud Cases re Alleged Overbilling as Contract Public Defenders
Sep 13, 2011, 12:10 pm CST
- Inmate Files Suit Claiming His PD Is a ‘Surrogate Prosecutor’ Advocating a Plea Bargain
Sep 7, 2011, 08:56 am CST
- Woman’s $1M Lottery Win Will Also Benefit Court-Appointed Defender in Her Criminal Case
Sep 6, 2011, 12:10 pm CST
- Lawyer for Co-Defendant in Conn. Home Invasion Case Tries ‘Scorched-Earth’ Approach
Aug 30, 2011, 10:49 am CST
- Loughner Lawyers Apparently Trying to Show Mental Illness Runs in the Family
Aug 17, 2011, 09:45 am CST
- Ex-Judge Loses Law License for 2 Years for Sexual Behavior re Multiple Female Lawyers While on Bench
Aug 5, 2011, 06:49 am CST
- Law Students Juggle Legal Internships with Liquor Sales, Dog Training
Aug 1, 2011, 10:08 am CST
- Former PD Regains Law License But Loses Bid to Erase Sex-Offender Status re PD Office Client, 16
Jul 28, 2011, 02:51 pm CST
- May a Lawyer Represent a Man Accused of Killing a Client? Two Cases Raise the Issue
Jul 11, 2011, 08:24 am CST
- Whitey Bulger Asks for Court-Appointed Lawyer, Again
Jun 30, 2011, 11:04 am CST
- Class Action Says Too-High Public Defender Caseload in Muni Court Denies Right to Counsel
Jun 21, 2011, 04:30 pm CST
- Judge Who Gave Lawyer Gag Sex Book Gets Reprimand for Delayed Recusal
Jun 20, 2011, 02:44 pm CST
- Supreme Court to Decide Right to Effective Assistance on Habeas Appeal
Jun 7, 2011, 04:30 am CST
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