Due to low compensation rates causing bar advocates to decline court-appointed cases, Massachusetts is facing a surge of ...

A defense lawyer advocacy group said the ongoing work stoppage was leading to a "full-blown constitutional breakdown." ...

Many lawyers stopped taking new cases to protest their abysmal pay, and scores of needy defendants lack representation.

The request came as lawyers in Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s separate civil case were poised to ask a different judge to ...

A Pew Research study in 2019 found that 90% of criminal defendants plead guilty and fewer than 1% of the 2% that went to ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs attorney Teny Geragos argued against racketeering and sex trafficking charges while emphasizing voluntary ...

An Italian man was kidnapped and tortured for weeks in a New York City townhouse, allegedly over a Bitcoin password.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is nominating his former criminal defense lawyer Emil Bove, who as a high-ranking Justice Department official was behind the controversial move to drop the ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is nominating his former criminal defense lawyer Emil Bove, who as a high-ranking Justice Department official was behind the controversial ...

president of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. “This is not sustainable. It is not just." The bar advocates handle about 80% of cases involving indigent clients ...