Page 4 - Defender Services News Today

Gothamist is a non-profit local newsroom, powered by WNYC.

A purchase order for the drugs, first obtained by the Idaho Statesman through a public records request, showed IDOC paid $50,000 for 15 grams of pentobarbital, a powerful depressant that can stop a person’s breathing in higher doses.

Public defender groups in New York City such as Legal Aid cracked down on speech about Israel war on Gaza by their own unions.

New York County Defender ServicesA New York City public defender this week became the latest professional to lose their job after being captured on camera tearing down hostage posters related to the war between Israel and Hamas. Victoria Ruiz, 36, stepped down from her position with New York County Defender Services, the organization told the New York Post. In a statement, NYCDS spokesperson Lupe Todd-Medina told the radio station 1010 WINS that the organization found Ruiz’ viral sign tea...

Victoria Ruiz -- caught brazenly tearing down posters of hostages missing in the Israel-Hamas war -- has resigned from her position, a report said.

Gothamist is a non-profit local newsroom, powered by WNYC.

Years before coming to Congress, Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., was a public defender, and now he's raising the alarm about proposed cuts by the House and Senate to the federal public defender system, which he calls a "bedrock requirement" of the American judicial system.

Shanice Aviles was busted twice after allegedly breaking into Robert De Niros townhouse in December -- including a heist at Columbia Teachers College when she should've been wearing a monitoring ankle bracelet.

Earlier this week, Reuters and NPR reported that the $1.5 billion budget the federal public defenders have requested has been slashed in a pair of recent appropriations bills. The Republican-controlled House has recommended $1.41 billion, while the Democratic-controlled Senate has countered with $1.38 billion.

Florence 1 schools board of trustees recently voted to use $435,000 of its budget to hire private armed security guards. The board finalized plans to hire 13 armed guards for