Public Defenders
- Trial begins in federal class action over public defender caseloads in municipal court
Jun 5, 2013, 05:30 pm CDT
- Public defenders can reject cases because of excessive workloads, state supreme court rules
May 28, 2013, 06:30 am CDT
- Judge reveals dispute about whether prosecutors withheld critical evidence in Chandra Levy case
May 22, 2013, 03:18 pm CDT
- Cuffed client decks lawyer with ‘baseball bat fashion’ punch during death-penalty hearing
May 14, 2013, 11:30 am CDT
- Former public defender gets 1 year in federal prison for submitting false payment vouchers
May 13, 2013, 12:30 pm CDT
- Schools that are nailing law practice technology; Prof compares SLU to Pakistan; Tumblr drama
May 10, 2013, 08:30 am CDT
- Stop-and-frisk project reaches ‘appalling’ conclusion: No right to misdemeanor trial in Bronx, NY
May 1, 2013, 02:21 pm CDT
- Unabomber lawyer Judy Clarke is appointed to represent Boston Marathon bombing suspect
Apr 30, 2013, 03:29 pm CDT
- Top death-penalty defense lawyer says ‘our job is to provide them with a reason to live’
Apr 29, 2013, 09:22 am CDT
- Top federal defender is representing accused Boston Marathon bomber
Apr 24, 2013, 05:53 pm CDT
- Silver lining in threatened lawsuits over indigent defense, says editorial
Apr 11, 2013, 05:35 am CDT
- Public defender’s suit jacket deflects judge’s objection to client’s T-shirt
Apr 4, 2013, 10:52 am CDT
- Legal groups back PD who was told of his upcoming ouster before beginning cancer treatment
Mar 27, 2013, 06:15 am CDT
- Kagan says poor defendants are entitled to a ‘Ford Taurus’ defense
Mar 19, 2013, 07:00 am CDT
- Murder defendants may be better off with public defenders than court-appointed lawyers, study says
Mar 5, 2013, 01:05 pm CDT
- Fifty years after Gideon, lawyers still struggle to provide counsel to the indigent
Mar 1, 2013, 06:10 am CDT
- Stranger’s lost diamond ring leads to criminal charge for lawyer who found it
Feb 27, 2013, 12:54 pm CDT
- ‘Disrespectful’ lawyer held in contempt after calling judge’s bond ruling ‘ridiculous’
Feb 20, 2013, 12:45 pm CDT
- Son of accused Delaware courthouse gunman is detained in probation case at judge’s order
Feb 12, 2013, 04:25 pm CDT
- Murder defendant’s claimed threats against his attorneys have left him lawyerless
Feb 12, 2013, 11:26 am CDT
- Resolutions address ‘national scandal’ of underfunded and overburdened public defenders
Feb 11, 2013, 12:20 pm CDT
- ABA House to consider resolutions reflecting the globalization of law practice
Feb 11, 2013, 08:00 am CDT
- Accused of extorting indigent clients to increase his fees, former public defender faces trial
Jan 28, 2013, 05:28 pm CDT
- Around the Blawgosphere: Quitting law, by the numbers | The best word processor, word-count wise
Jan 18, 2013, 09:30 am CDT
- Would Decriminalizing Minor Offenses Help Indigent Defense Crisis? ABA Committee Weighs In
Jan 8, 2013, 09:00 am CDT
- Fla. Judge Threatens to Jail Lawyers re Any Further Delay in Trial of Child-Murder Case
Jan 2, 2013, 03:35 pm CDT
- W. Va. Lawyer Takes Plea in Federal Mail Fraud Case re $159K in Claimed False PD Billing Vouchers
Nov 7, 2012, 01:34 pm CDT
- Officials Say Murder Defendant Slashed His Lawyer’s Face; Court Attack Was 2nd in County in 1 Week
Nov 6, 2012, 02:53 pm CDT
- Testifying re Alleged Prosecutor Battery, Assistant Chicago PD Claims Self-Defense; Jury Acquits
Nov 1, 2012, 11:06 am CDT
- New Mexico Ballot Measure Would Create Independent PD’s Office
Oct 10, 2012, 08:39 am CDT
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