More than 100 criminal cases in Boston, including with serious charges such as domestic violence, have been thrown out due to ...

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

Massachusetts lawmakers passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders as part of an effort to end a ...

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

A group of advocates gathered at the State House Thursday to protest the deal, which they say, was constructed in a back room ...

BOSTON — A bill that gives attorneys a pay bump is heading to Gov. Healey to sign into law. On Thursday, the Massachusetts ...

☔Good news: cooler than yesterday, with highs in the 70s and possible showers. Sunset is at 8:04 p.m. Today we’re looking at ...

As the courts are ground to a halt with a work stoppage, is it time for the state to change its public defender system?

Leaders on Beacon Hill also floated structural changes aimed at heading off future work stoppages like the one that has ...

Massachusetts lawmakers say they have a deal to increase pay for bar advocates, but the attorneys say it "falls far short." ...

The legislature announced a deal Wednesday to get private defense attorneys back on the job. The lawyers say it didn't come close.