Dozens of criminal cases are being dismissed in Massachusetts and other states as public defenders refuse to take on new cases until they get a pay raise.

From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The ...

The Franklin County public defenders' union is calling on the Municipal Court judges to protect the public from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

So-called "bar advocates"  — private attorneys who take on the criminal cases of indigent defendants — have stopped accepting ...

The current appropriations marks for the federal public defender program are more than $100 million short of what they need to be to keep the system functioning.