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Recent Examples of public defender
Gutierrez’s public defender said mental-health issues related to medication Gutierrez had been taking to help deal with seizures led her to kill her husband, while prosecutors said the stabbing followed a fight the couple had the previous night.
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Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Late last month, the House and Senate passed a supplemental budget which included a provision that would see bar advocates get a $20 per hour raise over the next year and also provide for the hiring of 300 new public defenders.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
But the storm also cleared the way for changes that the city's public defender system had needed for decades.
—August 6, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Dayton set a new court date for Pereira for Aug. 11 and ordered a new public defender be appointed to represent her.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
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Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Late last month, the House and Senate passed a supplemental budget which included a provision that would see bar advocates get a $20 per hour raise over the next year and also provide for the hiring of 300 new public defenders.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
But the storm also cleared the way for changes that the city's public defender system had needed for decades.
—August 6, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Dayton set a new court date for Pereira for Aug. 11 and ordered a new public defender be appointed to represent her.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
Noun
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After months of pressure from media organizations, the district attorney’s office released the entire list last September.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The case was prosecuted by the California Automatic Renewal Task Force, which was led by the district attorney offices of Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties, according to the news release.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
19 Aug. 2025
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Larsen was one of the few women in Hamilton County to work as a trial lawyer in the 1970s.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
21 Aug. 2025
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While Sacramento politicians protect their trial lawyer allies, small businesses are left to fend for themselves.—
Steve Hilton,
Oc Register,
5 July 2025
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Ravaglia was a highly admired criminal lawyer who shared a love of flying with De Stefano, according to another report from the Corriere della Sera.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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Although a lawsuit has been filed against Cincinnati police and the Hamilton County jail in Rodney Hinton Jr.'s name, his criminal lawyer says Hinton had nothing to do with it.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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It's run by supervising assistant prosecuting attorney Mary Weston.—
July 13,
CBS News,
13 July 2025
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So how that has evolved for me is becoming an assistant prosecuting attorney back in 2014.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2025
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At the days-long hearing, prosecutors will need to prove that Mateo’s use of force wasn’t justified.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
26 Aug. 2025
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Where Aguilar’s court case stands The criminal case against Aguilar was still developing as prosecutors reviewed the facts and evidence of what occurred.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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