At the end of February, State Public Defender Rémy Starns notified five of the 37 district defenders that their contracts would not be renewed. Over the last several years, oversight and ...

Other commission members would include attorneys, representatives of law schools or legal professional organizations and former public defender clients. For now, that process would not be required ...

A referee determined he committed professional misconduct and ... Benson resigned as Hennepin County Chief Public Defender in October 2022. In a letter to State Defender Bill Ward, Benson said ...