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.

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 ...

From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The ...

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

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

So-called "bar advocates"  — private attorneys who take on the criminal cases of indigent defendants — have stopped accepting ...

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 Brockton area courts?

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 ...

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

Massachusetts' public defender agency is asking the state's highest court to implement the Lavallee protocol in juvenile courts.