ROLLA, Mo. (CN) — Missouri’s practice of ... on the basis that the list is not currently used. Phelps County Judge William Hickle concluded that not having defendants assigned a public defender within ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – The St. Louis County Council faces an urgent plea from the prosecutor’s office for more money.

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 ...

The county counselor said Missouri's attorney general ignored the part of the Missouri Constitution that gives St. Louis ...

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 ...

The County Executive intends to exercise his sole authority in this regard,” County Counselor Dana Redwing told Missouri AG ...

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 ...

A spokeswoman for the Missouri ... involving public policy of the State as a whole.” Redwing’s response also returned a ...