Public Defenders
- 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
- Latest Lawyers for Billionaire Allen Stanford Want to Call It Quits; $7B Fraud Trial Is Days Away
Jan 12, 2012, 01:22 pm CDT
- PD Seeks Dismissal of 6 Cases, Says Defendants Were Arrested During ‘Voyeuristic Reality TV Show’
Jan 10, 2012, 02:48 pm CDT
- Md. Top Court Rules Poor Defendants Entitled to Lawyers at Bail Hearings; PD Says He Can’t Comply
Jan 5, 2012, 10:56 am CDT
- As Judge Vacationed in China, Clerks Issued Warrants and Continuances
Dec 19, 2011, 07:00 pm CDT
- Dr. Conrad Murray Asks for Appointed Counsel, Saying He Is Indigent
Dec 14, 2011, 12:36 pm CDT
- Fla. Lawyer Facing 3rd DUI, Has Been Accused of Drinking on the Job, But Has No Disciplinary Record
Nov 15, 2011, 01:38 pm CDT
- Letters: Rebel-Rousers
Nov 1, 2011, 04:50 am CDT
- Power Outage Puts Broward Courts, Sheriff’s Deputies and Lawyers Back in Pre-Computer ‘Stone Age’
Oct 24, 2011, 03:26 pm CDT
- Mistakes by Defense Lawyers Led to Reversals or Remands in Nearly a Third of Pa. Capital Cases
Oct 24, 2011, 11:00 am CDT
- Public Defender Loses Lawsuit Over His Courtroom Scuffle with Deputies
Oct 20, 2011, 02:00 pm CDT
- ABA Brief Filed in Md. Supports Counsel for Indigents at Bail and Pretrial Release Hearings
Oct 5, 2011, 05:30 am CDT
- Lawyers on the Docket: Court Term Kicks Off with a Look at Legal Representation
Oct 1, 2011, 03:30 am CDT
- The Burden of Reasonable Doubt: When a Standard Designed to Protect Defendants Actually Hurts Them
Oct 1, 2011, 03:20 am CDT
- For the Second Time in a Week, the Supreme Court Stays an Execution
Sep 21, 2011, 06:44 am CDT
- 2 Lawyers Face Federal Wire Fraud Cases re Alleged Overbilling as Contract Public Defenders
Sep 13, 2011, 01:10 pm CDT
- Inmate Files Suit Claiming His PD Is a ‘Surrogate Prosecutor’ Advocating a Plea Bargain
Sep 7, 2011, 09:56 am CDT
- Woman’s $1M Lottery Win Will Also Benefit Court-Appointed Defender in Her Criminal Case
Sep 6, 2011, 01:10 pm CDT
- Lawyer for Co-Defendant in Conn. Home Invasion Case Tries ‘Scorched-Earth’ Approach
Aug 30, 2011, 11:49 am CDT
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