public defender
noun
: a lawyer usually holding public office whose duty is to defend accused persons unable to pay for legal assistance
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The Los Angeles County public defender's office did not immediately reply to an email outside regular business hours Tuesday night.
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Bill Feather, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Teachers, nurses, public defenders, and others have built career plans around this forgiveness after a decade of service.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Officials have been unclear about why fire alarms inside the building had not sounded during the blaze, a point that Larry Pilgrim, Carlson’s public defender, harped on during the hearing.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
Shirazi stayed in California for college and law school, then became a public defender in Maryland.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
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Bill Feather, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Teachers, nurses, public defenders, and others have built career plans around this forgiveness after a decade of service.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Officials have been unclear about why fire alarms inside the building had not sounded during the blaze, a point that Larry Pilgrim, Carlson’s public defender, harped on during the hearing.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
Shirazi stayed in California for college and law school, then became a public defender in Maryland.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20defender. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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