Dozens of criminal cases are being dismissed in Massachusetts and other states as public defenders refuse to take on new cases until they get a pay raise.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has approved a $20 hourly pay raise for public defenders in an effort to end their ongoing ...

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

More than 100 cases were dismissed out of Boston Municipal Court amid the statewide public defender strike. What about in ...

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

Massachusetts lawmakers are looking to approve a pay raise for public defenders in hopes of ending a legal crisis.

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

Public defenders in Massachusetts have received a salary hike with the passage of a funding bill by state lawmakers, reported ...

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

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.

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