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El Paso Judge finds Public Defender’s Office correct on allegations of altering evidence by D.A.’s Office
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- County Court at Law Judge Ruben Morales found the El Paso County Public Defender's Office correct in its allegations that the El Paso District Attorney's Office improperly ...
The Goshen News4d
State Public Defender requests two attorneys for Delphi appeal
Richard Allen, recently convicted and sentenced to 130 years for the February 2017 deaths of teenagers Libby German and Abby ...
WISN 12 NEWS24d
Milwaukee public defender accused of paid sexual relationships with multiple clients
MILWAUKEE — On Friday, WISN 12 News gained access to previously sealed court filings in the case against now-former public defender Travis Schwantes. Prosecutors charged Schwantes, 54, with ...
Tribune-Star4d
State public defender asks for two attorneys for Delphi appeal
Richard Allen, convicted in November of murder in the deaths of Delphi teenagers Libby German and Abby Williams, has yet to ...
MassLive28d
Biden tapped a former Worcester public defender as a federal judge. Why it matters | John L. Micek
and the first former federal public defender, to serve on the nation’s highest court. That’s a dramatic shift from what’s come before. A 2019 study showed that 60% of sitting judge U.S ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel25d
Ex-public defender accused of having sex with other clients, including a homicide witness
Travis Schwantes, 54, who once ran for judge in Milwaukee County, was charged last month with felony solicitation and falsifying paperwork for a woman to qualify for a public defender, and two ...
Times-News2d
Idaho Supreme Court must intervene in new, ‘disastrous’ public defense reform, ACLU says
ACLU seeks Idaho Supreme Court intervention after new statewide public defense system leads to defendants waiting months without lawyers, mass attorney resignations.
Times Union21d
Rotterdam judge resigns amid state investigation
The watchdog panel, which investigates and disciplines judges in New York, paused its investigation but warned it would resume the effort if he attempts to become a judge again. The commission ...
Los Angeles Daily News23d
LA County judge weighing shutdown of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
Judge Miguel Espinoza’s order to show cause requires the Public Defender’s Office, the Probation Department and the District Attorney’s Office to address why the court shouldn’t transfer ...
The Boston Globe27d
City councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson must pay $5,000 to keep her court-appointed lawyer, judge rules
A one-page order filed Tuesday by Magistrate Judge Donald L ... able “to make partial payment toward” the cost of her public defender, Scott Lauer. Defendants seeking public representation ...
Whittier Daily News24d
LA County judge weighing shutdown of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
Judge Miguel Espinoza’s order to show cause requires the Public Defender’s Office, the Probation Department and the District Attorney’s Office to address why the court shouldn’t transfer all youth ...
The Bulletin26d
Editorial: Gov. Kotek on Oregon's public defender problem
On Tuesday in Oregon, there were 3,616 unrepresented defendants and another 1,725 who have had a warrant issued because they had previously been unrepresented and failed to appear in court. It has ...