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.

More than 100 criminal cases in Boston, including with serious charges such as domestic violence, have been thrown out due to ...

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

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

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

Seeking higher pay, lawyers for indigent defendants won’t take new clients. As a result, judges must dismiss cases against ...

It remains unclear if the $20 per hour raise, over the next two years, will end the lawyers ongoing work stoppage.

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

A local lawmaker is sounding the alarm as criminal cases are being dismissed across the commonwealth due to a pay dispute ...

BOSTON — Defendants are being released in Massachusetts in the wake of a prolonged dispute over pay for the state’s public defenders, and one of those set free was charged with a serious crime.

More than 120 defendants in Massachusetts have had their charges — ranging from assault to drug possession — dropped after ...