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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer
In New York, a bill has been introduced repeatedly in the Albany statehouse to ban campaign funds from being used to cover a public official’s bills for criminal lawyers.
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
To avoid conviction, Roxie hires a criminal lawyer to help her dupe the public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating shocking headlines.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
In a recent quantitative meta-analysis, Stetson University’s Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith found substantial evidence for something conservative scholars and criminal lawyers have long suspected.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
But some criminal lawyers who have defended female drug bosses in the U.S. told me that women crave fame and power in the drug world as much as men do.
—Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
To avoid conviction, Roxie hires a criminal lawyer to help her dupe the public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating shocking headlines.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
In a recent quantitative meta-analysis, Stetson University’s Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith found substantial evidence for something conservative scholars and criminal lawyers have long suspected.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
But some criminal lawyers who have defended female drug bosses in the U.S. told me that women crave fame and power in the drug world as much as men do.
—Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal lawyer
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Participants were not allowed to ask questions directly, so the 69-year-old trial lawyer submitted three questions in writing: one about Elon Musk’s critical comments about Social Security and two about Perry’s lack of public access.—
Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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There's no guarantee that consumers' costs would fall if tort reform passes, Darren Penn, an Atlanta trial lawyer, told Axios.—
Thomas Wheatley,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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The commission would determine metrics regarding public defender offices, caseloads, staffing and resources.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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Matar’s public defender, Nathaniel Barone, pushed for a 12-year sentence, pointing to his client’s clean criminal record.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
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The imprisonment of Judge Carmichael and prosecuting attorney Powell had nothing to do with treason but was simply to protect a political ally of the president and to display the power of the federal government.—
Paul Callahan,
Baltimore Sun,
29 May 2025
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Deputy prosecuting attorneys Jonathan Dixon and Madison McEver litigated the case on behalf of the state of Arkansas.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
29 Apr. 2025
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The district attorney’s office on Tuesday said that the decision to dismiss the indictment was connected to the opinion of a use-of-force expert.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
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The Santa Fe district attorney abandoned an appeal of that ruling in December, after the state attorney general declined to pursue it.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
24 May 2025
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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