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

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

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 ...

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

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

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.

Last month, a work stoppage by lawyers in Massachusetts who represent indigent defendants forced judges to dismiss cases against hundreds of people who had been accused of crimes, including violent ...

Just as the Republic Services strike has been called out as a threat to public health, the bar advocate work stoppage ...

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

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