Robert Broyles is left with three choices. His original two -- filing charges against the man officials say he tried to kill, and then obtaining a new public defender -- didn’t pan out. Broyles was ...

SPRINGFIELD — In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that every person has a constitutional right to free legal representation in criminal cases, including poor people who are ...

Allegheny County’s top public defender was removed from her role Wednesday after allegations she made offensive comments to co-workers. County spokesperson Abigail Gardner confirmed the departure of ...

SPRINGFIELD — When Elisabeth Pollock took over as the Champaign County public defender in 2022, one of her team’s attorneys was handling 500 cases in a courtroom that should have been staffed by at ...