Nation Apr 01 The legal impact of Wisconsin’s shortage of prosecutors and public defenders By Nathan Denzin, Wisconsin Public Television
Politics Mar 21 How having a former public defender on the Supreme Court could be ‘revolutionary’ Jackson is among a wave of former public defenders selected for judgeships by this administration. By Kenichi Serino
Nation May 22 Criminal defendants in limbo as trials put on hold during pandemic Many pretrial detainees — those not yet convicted of a crime — are sitting in jails, uncertain of when their cases may proceed. By Candice Norwood
Nation Dec 05 Watch 7:29 After 23 years wrongly imprisoned, Ricky Kidd is free — and using his voice The exoneration of Ricky Kidd, a wrongly convicted man in Missouri who spent more than two decades in prison, highlights major problems with U.S. criminal justice. As covered in our Broken Justice podcast, Kidd was freed largely due to pro…
Nation Nov 06 Watch 5:47 In Missouri, why relying on a public defender can mean you slip through the cracks A new podcast from the NewsHour examines the public defender system in the United States — and the enormous gaps and problems that undermine its effectiveness. Amna Nawaz and producer Frank Carlson reported from Missouri for this five-part series, and…
May 02 Watch 10:00 Missouri public defenders are overloaded with hundreds of cases while defendants wait in jail By John Yang, Frank Carlson The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees every American facing trial the right to a lawyer, even if they cannot afford one. But across the country, the public defender system is being stretched to the breaking point, and Missouri may… Continue watching
Dec 04 New Mexico budget crisis rears its head in courts, colleges By Morgan Lee, Associated Press New Mexico's grinding budget crisis is taking a toll in courtrooms, at museums and at state universities and colleges grappling with steep spending cuts. Continue reading