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 ...

More than 120 cases, including some for assault on family members and police, were dismissed Tuesday in Boston.

Court-appointed attorneys say an agreement reached with Massachusetts lawmakers is a "critical starting point" toward ending ...

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

Massachusetts' public defender agency is asking the state's highest court to implement the Lavallee protocol in juvenile courts.

Over 100 criminal cases in Massachusetts have been thrown out due to an ongoing work stoppage by disgruntled lawyers who ...

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

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

Seeking higher pay, lawyers for indigent defendants won’t take new clients. As a result, judges must dismiss cases against ...

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

BOSTON — 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 crime.