Latest Public Defenders Posts
- Handcuffed Defendant Takes Plea, Decks Defense Counsel with a Single Punch, Gets 6 Months More Time
Oct 4, 2012, 01:26 pm CDT
- Man Facing Execution Next Week Says Prosecutors Hid Mitigating Evidence at Sentencing
Sep 27, 2012, 12:54 pm CDT
- The Producers of ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Film Brooklyn Public Defenders at Work
Sep 10, 2012, 01:49 pm CDT
- Texas Lawyer, Known for Indigent Defense, Indicted on Charges of Theft, Forging Judges’ Signatures
Aug 24, 2012, 02:48 pm CDT
- Energy Boom in North Dakota Pushes Indigent Defense System Near ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ Report Says
Aug 22, 2012, 10:26 am CDT
- ABA House Urges Criminal Defense Lawyers to Address Clients’ Civil and Nonlegal Problems
Aug 6, 2012, 05:09 pm CDT
- Lady of the Last Chance: Lawyer Makes Her Mark Getting Convicts off Death Row
Aug 1, 2012, 04:39 am CDT
- Top Minn. Court Says Public Defender Erred By ‘Advocating’ Forfeiture of Client’s Right to Counsel
Jul 25, 2012, 01:06 pm CDT
- Prominent Utah Criminal Defense Attorney Says Man Who Stabbed Him at Home Was a Stranger
Jul 17, 2012, 05:13 pm CDT
- Defense Lawyers Say They Get Less Than Minimum Wage for ‘Token Representation’ Under New Fla. Law
Jul 16, 2012, 10:44 am CDT
- ‘Indigent’ Defendants Must Prove Financial Status and Tap Retirement Accounts, Top Mass. Court Rules
Jul 13, 2012, 02:54 pm CDT
- Woman Accused of Misusing Popular Tax Software to Obtain $2.1M Tax Refund Asks for Public Defender
Jul 5, 2012, 05:38 pm CDT
- Prominent Utah Attorney Is Stabbed; Steven Killpack, Former Public Defender, Stable After Surgery
Jul 5, 2012, 02:12 pm CDT
- Lawyer’s Suit Claims He Was Denied Indigent Defense Work Because of His Race
Jul 2, 2012, 05:30 am CDT
- How to Meet New Caseload Limit for Wash. Public Defenders? Some Towns May File Fewer Cases
Jun 26, 2012, 11:57 am CDT
- Deputy Public Defender Sues Tucson, Ariz., Over Claimed Harassment by Municipal Judge
Jun 7, 2012, 05:29 pm CDT
- Chemerinsky: Effective Assistance of Counsel Now a Right in Plea Bargaining
Jun 4, 2012, 08:45 am CDT
- Please Plea Me: Court Expands Effective Assistance of Counsel
Jun 1, 2012, 03:20 am CDT
- Ethics Complaint Against Ex-PD Includes Allegation She Used the S-Word in Court
May 8, 2012, 05:30 am CDT
- Convicted Rapist Tells Newspaper His Lawyer Was Distracted by DA Race
May 4, 2012, 07:32 am CDT
- Public Defender Testified, Against Ex-Client, re Transcript Accuracy; Will Ex-Client Get New Trial?
Apr 25, 2012, 11:13 am CDT
- PD Files Suit Claiming Staffing Shortages Led to Rejection of More than 300 Defendants
Apr 11, 2012, 09:27 am CDT
- Thanks to Jailhouse Yoga, Defendant Says He Has Walked Away From Medical Marijuana
Mar 6, 2012, 05:50 pm CDT
- Failure to Check Alcohol-Test Devices Could Put Up to 1,000 Calif. Drunk-Driving Convictions at Risk
Mar 6, 2012, 04:12 pm CDT
- DOJ: $2.4 Million to Help Improve Indigent Defense
Mar 1, 2012, 02:40 am CDT
- Hearing to Determine If Defense Counsel and Judge Had ‘Secret Deal’ re Capital Murder Defendant
Feb 23, 2012, 02:07 pm CDT
- Judge Asks High-Profile Lawyers for Pro Bono Service after Layoffs of 21 Public Defenders
Feb 16, 2012, 07:39 am CDT
- Lawyers Must Keep Representing Murder Defendant Who Won’t Communicate With Them, Judge Rules
Feb 8, 2012, 12:48 pm CDT
- NJ Prosecutor Seeks Court Permission to Conduct State’s First Juror Background Checks
Jan 13, 2012, 04:15 pm CDT
- Former Court Clerk Gets 10 Years for Stealing $500K from Ticket and Fine Payments
Jan 12, 2012, 04:20 pm CDT
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