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 ...

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

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 ...

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

It remains unclear if the $20 per hour raise, over the next two years, will end the lawyers ongoing work stoppage.

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Joe Mazraani died in pursuit of the ‘Big Engine Steamer,’ a wreck lying 200 feet beneath the Atlantic on the eastern edge of ...

Twenty-five more cases were dismissed Tuesday, while bar advocates said the 30 percent raise over two years is "ridiculous." ...

The program that pays private attorneys to represent those who can’t afford a lawyer in federal court ran out of money last month and won’t be able to pay lawyers until the new federal fiscal year in ...