Federal public defenders are launching a centralized effort to coordinate Supreme Court litigation in order to sharpen the defense bar’s performance before the justices.

The federal judiciary on Tuesday approved a new office focused on improving the quality of representation of indigent criminal defendants at the U.S. Supreme Court, with the goal of creating a ...

There are never enough lawyers to provide indigent defense, but the situation has gotten worse since the pandemic.

Leaders within San Francisco's criminal justice system were forced this week to confront an ongoing crisis that has left some indigent defendants unable to get timely access to attorneys. Faced with ...