But in February 2021, Phelps County Judge William Hickle found the system to be unconstitutional and ordered a stay in the case to allow both sides to find a solution. Jason Lewis of the Missouri ...

The ACLU accused the Missouri State Public Defender’s Office and state judges of “systematically placing” indigent defendants on waiting lists for legal representation in a lawsuit filed in Cole ...

Jackson County Judge Jill Sklar and Chief Public Defender Brian Watson. The rapidly expanding office, currently at nine staff and two interns, will eventually have 19 attorneys and 28 total employees.

Earlier this year, Victoria County created the Crossroads Regional Public Defender’s Office, which will serve Victoria, Jackson, Refugio and Lavaca counties. Since its establishment, attorneys ...

HENRIETTA, Mo. (KCTV) - A Missouri sheriff has been removed from his post following an investigation by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office found that he allowed detainees to leave jail and ...

Read full article: Harris County public defenders raise concerns about processing of mass arrestees by HPD during protests HOUSTON The Harris County Public Defenders Office is sounding the alarm ...

New York, Indiana, Louisiana, Idaho, Missouri, and many other states are mired in litigation over their festering crises in indigent legal defense. Public ... defenders. In the meantime, the Comal ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (WSIL) -- A police department in southeast Missouri is asking for the public's help in identifying a woman. The Poplar Bluff Police Department went to their Facebook page and ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Both Governor Mike Parson and County Executive Sam Page are accepting applications to replace Wesley ...

But, you know, public defenders are fighters, right? We're naturally fighters. We're fighting prosecutors, or sometimes it feels like we're even going against the court. We saw [King County ...

Kristine Rogers, the managing public defender for Grand County ... Rogers contacted the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office on Sept. 19 to inform them of her intent to remove the tenants from ...

Benton County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Eisinger held a press conference Wednesday to bring issues with public defenders in ...