The trend toward naming employees as co-defendants in employment suits means that lawyers are increasingly being asked to defend both the employer and the individual co-defendant. The employment ...

Mississippi is known as one of the worst states for public defense. In one lower court, most defendants went without any lawyer before indictment. The right to an attorney is fundamental to the U.S.

The high court’s unanimous decisions in Seamus Coyle v. State and Harry Davis, Jr. v. State, were both authored by Justice Shirley Watts. (The Daily Record/File Photo) In a pair of rulings Wednesday, ...

Massachusetts' highest court ruled Wednesday that a shortage of defense lawyers caused by low pay is violating poor defendants' constitutional rights, and said cases must be dismissed against suspects ...