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 on Thursday passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders as part of an effort ...

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 ...

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

A local lawmaker is sounding the alarm as criminal cases are being dismissed across the commonwealth due to a pay dispute between the state and public defenders.

More than 120 defendants in Massachusetts have had their charges — ranging from assault to drug possession — dropped after public defenders refused to take new cases over a long-running pay dispute ...