Public Defense System

Idaho’s state office of public defense said it needs more money to fill dozens of attorney vacancies as the office is struggling to represent indigent clients.

The ACLU of Idaho asks the Idaho Supreme Court to step in over what it calls a crisis in the new public defense system.

The ACLU of Idaho said the state’s new public defense system is leaving hundreds, if not thousands, of indigent defendants without lawyers, violating their constitutional rights.

Starting Tuesday, Idaho’s public defense attorneys will all work under a centralized state agency for the first time. Previously, each of Idaho’s 44 counties ran their own public defense systems.

A lawsuit alleging Idaho severely underfunds its public defense system can now continue as a class action. That means tens of thousands of people could be…

An Idaho District Court judge has ruled that the state now faces a class action lawsuit from those claiming the public defense system is severely…

Idaho's Supreme Court will soon decide whether to revive an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit against the state over its faulty public defense…

The ACLU of Idaho is suing the state over its public defense system. Public defenders represent people accused of crimes who can’t afford a lawyer, a…

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the state of Idaho over its patchwork public defense system.The civil rights group contends that state…

Lawmakers on a committee charged with improving Idaho's broken public defense system have killed a resolution that would have given the state full…