Caseload limits for lawyers representing criminal defendants at public expense are not a new concept. But standards adopted earlier this month by the Washington Supreme Court at the recommendation of…
Once a man who admittedly lived life in a haze of marijuana, a defendant who says he turned his life around in a Colorado jail through the practice of yoga…
When police in San Francisco’s traffic division stop a motorist on suspicion of drunken driving, one of the first steps they take during a field sobriety test is to check…
A mitigation specialist testified yesterday in an unusual court hearing that defense lawyers for a man convicted in a Texas capital murder case pressured him to plead guilty and didn’t…
A New Orleans judge has sent letters to 33 high-profile lawyers asking them to handle criminal cases for free after the public defender’s office laid off 21 lawyers.
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