This week the Supreme Court declared that a mandatory sentence of life without parole for juveniles violates the Eighth Amendment. This is a significant step toward banning the practice of sentencing juveniles to die in prison.

Increasing fees and forcing defenders to lobby against the interests of the very people they represent is the wrong way to fund public defenders' offices.

A client- and conviction-dependant funding scheme in Lousiana places well-intentioned public defenders in conflicting positions relative to their clients.

Philadelphia launched an aggessive drive to collect criminal justice debt from its residents, including from some who may not owe anything.