COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A former Franklin County public defender was federally sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Stephen Chinn will serve eight years in prison after ...

Hanging on the wall in my office is the framed cover of the inaugural issue of The Brownies’ Book, a monthly periodical for Black youths created by W.E.B. Du Bois and other members of the NAACP in ...

GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio — A defense lawyer for the Franklin County Public Defender’s Office was taken into custody Wednesday on charges connected to the possession of child pornography, police say.

In a decision that could have strong resonance in future malpractice lawsuits against guardians ad litem, a judge has ruled that the Defender Association of Philadelphia can't be sued over claims that ...

Andrew Vachss, the prolific hardboiled crime writer, comics writer, and tireless defender of abused children, has passed away at age 79. His official website reported that he died on December 27 th.

A Franklin County public defense attorney has been indicted by a federal grand jury on child pornography charges. Stephen Chinn, 39, of Grandview Heights, worked in the the Franklin County Public ...

A public defender in Ohio has been accused of possessing child pornography, authorities say. Grandview Heights resident Stephen Chinn, 39, was charged with two felony counts of pandering obscenity ...

(Missourinet)– Missouri law can criminalize parents who fail to pay child support. The Missouri Public Defender System handles roughly 6,000 of these cases annually. During a state House Budget ...