625 ABA Journal Public Defenders articles.
Biden would consider Obama as Supreme Court nominee
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden said Dec. 28 he would appoint former President Barack Obama to the U.S.…
Jan 6, 2020 4:32 PM CST
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has a weekly mailing list that sends out the court’s published and unpublished cases. They arrive in quick succession every Thursday morning. It’s a…
Nov 25, 2019 10:45 AM CST
Nov 22, 2019 10:39 AM CST
Modeled after a fund started by public defenders more than a decade ago, the Bail Project not only pays defendants’ bail but connects them to social services and makes sure they show up to court.
Nov 1, 2019 2:40 AM CDT
Oct 23, 2019 6:00 AM CDT
Oct 8, 2019 1:49 PM CDT
Lawyers working in the field of criminal justice reform, restorative justice and cyber harassment are among this year’s 26 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” winners.
The winners will each receive a…
Sep 25, 2019 1:00 PM CDT
Sep 5, 2019 2:58 PM CDT
Former law dean Norman Lefstein dies at age 82
Norman Lefstein, a former dean of Indiana University’s McKinney School of Law, died Thursday at age 82. Lefstein has been described…
Aug 30, 2019 2:32 PM CDT
Public defender accused of working without a license failed ethics part of bar exam
A public defender in New Orleans accused of working without a law license twice failed…
Aug 28, 2019 4:25 PM CDT
An Arizona lawyer who was punched by his indigent client in court last year is going public with the incident because he feels he was treated poorly afterward by the…
Aug 23, 2019 12:09 PM CDT
A federal judge in Chicago has certified class actions filed on behalf of female assistant public defenders, law clerks, correctional workers and medical employees who claim they were subjected…
Aug 13, 2019 3:24 PM CDT
• Commissioners in Harris County, Texas, have agreed to reform a cash bail system that had kept many indigent misdemeanor defendants in jail pending trial. A federal appeals court
A public defender in Louisiana has been found in contempt of court for taking out his cellphone and recording a talkative defendant’s mouth being taped shut on a judge’s orders.
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