Due to low compensation rates causing bar advocates to decline court-appointed cases, Massachusetts is facing a surge of ...

More than 50 people across Boston and neighboring Middlesex County are being held without a lawyer assigned to their case as ...

The ongoing work stoppage by court-appointed attorneys has pushed the justice system to a breaking point as dozens of ...

We talked to three defense attorneys about retrials they've seen, how they turn out and what they think of the Karen Read ...

Court-appointed criminal defense attorneys across Massachusetts began to refuse taking new cases as courts returned to session Tuesday morning, opening the door to a potential statewide public safety ...

The move has had a profound impact in the state, where federal agents in May arrested 1,461 people, nearly half of whom had ...

ICE arrested over 1,500 criminal noncitizens in Massachusetts, targeting violent offenders and foreign fugitives.

From the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to the case against former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez, Massachusetts' courthouses have seen a number of shocking criminal ...

A judge in Massachusetts has ordered Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova released from custody as she faces charges related to ...

Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova was released on bail after a 10-minute hearing in her criminal smuggling case – of frog ...

president of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. “This is not sustainable. It is not just." The bar advocates handle about 80% of cases involving indigent clients ...