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Recent Examples of public defender
Wesley, a Democrat, was 9th Judicial Circuit public defender for six four-year terms from 2001 until January.
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Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
He is being represented in that case by a public defender.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Fear of threats and identity theft DiGenova, a former top Justice Department official, has for years been a staunch and very public defender of Trump.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Juveniles in children's court are automatically assigned public defenders, according to the New Mexico Law Offices of the Public Defender.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
He is being represented in that case by a public defender.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Fear of threats and identity theft DiGenova, a former top Justice Department official, has for years been a staunch and very public defender of Trump.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Juveniles in children's court are automatically assigned public defenders, according to the New Mexico Law Offices of the Public Defender.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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His trial is expected to last four to six weeks once testimony begins, prosecutors at the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Wednesday.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Fourteen months after Robbins' settlement, his sister Paige, 19, was fearful that the images captured of her could be inappropriate and could damage her own ambitions of one day being district attorney.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
8 Apr. 2025
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In its short, inglorious history, the CFPB harassed businesses with hundreds of millions of dollars of frivolous complaints that enriched trial lawyers, while doing nothing of consequence to actually help consumers.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2025
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Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyer: An award highlighting young trial lawyers who demonstrate exceptional skill, dedication, and leadership in the courtroom.—
William Jones,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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Amid Adams’ absence, Adams’ criminal lawyers were in talks last week with President Trump’s Justice Department about potentially dropping his indictment, as first reported by the New York Times.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 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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Honolulu’s prosecuting attorney’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Its hero, Rusty Sabich, was a prosecuting attorney entitled to the presumption of innocence, as the law requires, when an ambitious rival puts him on trial for the murder of a colleague.—
Lisa Henricksson,
airmail.news,
11 Jan. 2025
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Moments later, prosecutors said during a bench trial this week, the two men aimed their guns, then fired.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Dominick Carisi is used to appearing in court as a prosecutor — just not as their witness.—
Alex Ross,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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