Staffing shortages, extremely heavy caseloads and lack of state funding have hamstrung the state’s criminal justice system, leaving many communities reeling.
KENNEWICK — When you re charged with a crime that could put you behind bars and you don t have enough money to pay an attorney to defend you, the government is supposed to provide you with one. …
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wash. - A proposal by Senator Nikki Torres (R-15th District) that would have required the state to take on more costs of the Office of Public Defense missed
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