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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer
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.
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
Prominent criminal lawyers and college professors in a similar vein likened the plea bargains at the heart of Operation Car Wash to torture, and other maneuvers included smear campaigns against judges and prosecutors.
—Eduardo Mello, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2018
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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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
Prominent criminal lawyers and college professors in a similar vein likened the plea bargains at the heart of Operation Car Wash to torture, and other maneuvers included smear campaigns against judges and prosecutors.
—Eduardo Mello, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2018
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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The firm’s team of 40 lawyers includes former government prosecutors, trial lawyers, commercial litigators, and trust and estate experts, many from the top law schools and blue-chip firms.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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The most famous trial lawyer of his time, Clarence Darrow inspired reverential biographies, stage plays and performances from some of the 20th century’s greatest actors.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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Jiang, 65, was recently appointed a public defender.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2025
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Jay Logsdon, North Idaho’s state public defender and co-counsel for the case’s defense, will be replaced for Kohberger’s capital murder trial, a Thursday court order said.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Feb. 2025
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Jeremy Best, 50, pleaded guilty on Feb. 13 to first-degree murder in the death of his son, Zeke Best, and second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Kali Randall Best, 39, and her unborn child Freya, prosecuting attorneys for Teton and Bonneville Counties wrote in a joint news release.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Defendants in the lawsuit include Crawford County and its county judge along with prosecuting attorneys in each of Arkansas' 28 judicial districts.—
Ron Wood,
arkansasonline.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Though the brothers can still push for clemency or resentencing, Hochman’s Friday announcement upends the powerful momentum that had been building in their favor under the district attorney’s predecessor, George Gascón.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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The department did not provide the warrants and referred reporters to the district attorney’s office, which declined to release any documentation.—
Jerry Mitchell,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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