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Recent Examples of public defender
The Biden administration appointed more public defenders, civil rights attorneys, and labor lawyers than previous presidents, moving away from the traditional dominance of prosecutors and corporate lawyers.
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Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
Green represented himself Friday but will have a public defender appointed to him.
—Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
The announcement was bare in details, which a federal public defender who has spent years representing numerous people on Tennessee's death row used to criticize the department.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 27 Dec. 2024
Routh’s public defender asked for the Feb. 10 trial to be delayed until December, but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon landed on Sept. 8 for the forthcoming jury trial, according to an order Tuesday evening.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
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Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
Green represented himself Friday but will have a public defender appointed to him.
—Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
The announcement was bare in details, which a federal public defender who has spent years representing numerous people on Tennessee's death row used to criticize the department.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 27 Dec. 2024
Routh’s public defender asked for the Feb. 10 trial to be delayed until December, but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon landed on Sept. 8 for the forthcoming jury trial, according to an order Tuesday evening.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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The district attorney’s offices in both counties review every search warrant application before it’s sent to a judge.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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Prosecutors sent notifications this week to defense attorneys representing subjects in 3,600 open cases involving drug evidence, explaining that rats have been eating drugs held in the downtown evidence room, Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office, said Wednesday.—
Antonio Planas,
NBC News,
15 Jan. 2025
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People who lost their homes in the Southern California wildfires will likely not be able to sue the city of Los Angeles, a trial lawyer has said.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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Todd Blanche, Trump’s hush money trial lawyer, was tapped as the president-elect’s deputy attorney general.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Kraven tracks down Calypso (Ariana DeBose), the girl who gave him that life-saving elixir way back when and is now a criminal lawyer in London.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 Dec. 2024
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Greenhalgh’s father, the late criminal lawyer and Georgetown University Law School associate dean William Greenhalgh, died before she was murdered.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
16 Oct. 2024
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The budget also covers the Health Department, sheriff's office, circuit court divisions, prosecuting attorney, coroner, constables, Office of Emergency Management, museum, Veterans Services and Cooperative Extension.—
Eplunus Colvin,
arkansasonline.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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In 2018, Bell ran for and won the position of St. Louis prosecuting attorney, defeating an incumbent who had served in the role for nearly three decades, in a race that voters viewed as a referendum on Brown’s death and the Ferguson protests.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
11 Dec. 2024
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Some [defendants] have even gotten lesser sentences than the prosecutors recommended.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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In fact, McMichael called Johnson from the scene of the shooting, asking her advice, prosecutors revealed in a bond hearing for the McMichaels.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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