Democratic leaders’ decision to omit the proposal from their wider spending plan frustrated attorneys, known as bar advocates ...

Of the more than 1,300 people who have gone to court in Massachusetts and weren't given a lawyer, 32 of them have been held ...

The plastic surgeon accused of murdering Pinellas County attorney Steven Cozzi could see his fourth defense attorney withdraw from the case.

Amid a spiraling shortage of court-appointed defense attorneys, the state’s top court is being asked to release jailed indigent defendants left without lawyers — including more than a dozen ...