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Connecticut's Public Defender Services Commission said TaShun Bowden-Lewis, fired Tuesday as the state's chief public defender, spurned chances to change.

Bowden-Lewis, CT's chief public defender, was placed on paid administrative leave following disputes and a reprimand. Here's what's happening.

The commission will now decide how to handle accusations against the CT chief public defender, which could include termination from office.

The Connecticut House on Wednesday voted unanimously to advance legislation that would allow municipalities to levy financial penalties against people who impede public roadways or parking lots with ...

HARTFORD -- The state commission that oversees the public defenders issued a blistering report that lays bare a litany of allegations against its embattled chief. Chief Public Defender TaShun Bowden-Lewis faces a disciplinary hearing next week when she could be removed from office. The 26-page

Connecticuts Chief Public Defender has been placed on administrative leave following reports she allegedly ordered a subordinate to hack the privileged email accounts from people critical of her. 

The commission’s decision to put her on paid administrative leave pending an investigation follows disputes with the oversight body.

The commission that controls the state public defender service on Friday suspended division chief TaShun Bowden-Lewis after months of dispute over her resistance to its oversight and disclosures this...

HARTFORD -- An IT employee at the Division of Public Defenders main office accessed and printed dozens of emails belonging to the division legal director and an attorney that oversees complex litigation, according to division staff. The employee accessed the emails without her supervisor's author

There was new turmoil in the state Division of Public Defender Services Wednesday when it was learned that Chief Public Defender TaShun Bowden-Lewis instructed an information technology staffer to dow...