Federal Public Defender John Baker, who for six years represented Guantanamo Bay detainees, argued against the government’s request to keep Altunar and the other men detained.

Funds to pay contracted attorneys dried up July 3, according to the Federal Public Defender's Office in North Dakota and South Dakota. That could result in delays for justice and harm to defendants.

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — San Diego City Attorney Heather Ferbert has filed a lawsuit against two federal agencies to protect $362 million already awarded by the federal government for public ...

Chelsea Public Schools superintendent Dr. Almi Abeyta explains how a pause in federal grants will impact accelerated learning programs.

A man awaiting trial on federal charges of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course is seeking to get rid of his court-appointed federal public defenders. A ...

A man awaiting trial on federal charges of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course is seeking to get rid of his court-appointed federal public defenders.

Earlier this year Travis Finck, North Dakota's top public defender, said the state was perilously close to a "constitutional failure." But on this Plain Talk, he says lawmakers stepped up.

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Defendants including some charged with serious crimes have begun being released in Massachusetts amid a dispute over pay for the state's public defenders. The first four defendants who didn't have ...

BOSTON (AP) — Defendants are being released in Massachusetts in the wake of a prolonged dispute over pay for the state’s public defenders, and one of those set free was charged with a serious ...

Defendants including some charged with serious crimes have begun being released in Massachusetts amid a dispute over pay for the state's public defenders.