Robin Steinberg

Missouri's public-defender director has called on Governor Jay Nixon to defend the state's poorest defendants. What problems does this reveal about the system and how can it be reformed?

A lawsuit aimed at Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NY court system claims people charged with misdemeanors in the Bronx are being denied their constitutional right to a speedy trial

A longtime public defender examines how the events in Ferguson have highlighted a racial divide in the way communities see the criminal justice system.

Bill de Blasio is touting the drop in violent crime during his first months in office. We look at his early record with Murray Weiss, criminal justice reporter and editor for DNAInfo, and the emerging de Blasio/Bratton policing strategy.

Then, Robin Steinberg, founder and executive director of Bronx Defenders, discusses the sharp increase in panhandling arrests under de Blasio and whether "broken windows" is making a return.

As Attorney General Eric Holder made clear in a speech yesterday, drug sentencing about to change. Mandatory minimums revolutionized the justice system, so how will Holder's new guide...

As the executive director of the Bronx Defenders, a public defense and legal services organization, Robin Steinberg has spent her career demanding justice for the residents of the poo...

Robin G. Steinberg, executive director of The Bronx Defenders, discusses the Bronx Freedom Fund, a program that helps Bronx residents pay bail and avoid time in jail when they can't afford it, and the new New York State law that allows charities to do this.