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In this photo released by the U.S. Attorney's Office Connecticut, seized counterfeit pills are displayed Sept. 5, 2024, in East Have, Ct. U.S. Attorney's Office Connecticut via AP
A federal public defender for Hinton did not immediately return an email seeking comment Monday.
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CBS News, 24 Sep. 2024
Kristy Militello, an assistant federal public defender representing Routh, asked during Monday’s hearing for Routh to be permitted to live with his sister in Greensboro, N.C., as the case moves forward.
—Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
Suspect in custody in connection with 2017 murders of 2 girls in Delphi, Indiana 01:58
Inside the trial
The trial has been repeatedly delayed because of evidence leaks and the withdrawal of Allen's public defenders, who were later reinstated by the Indiana Supreme Court.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Her public defender, Jennifer Patton, declined to comment to PEOPLE on the case.
—Emily Palmer, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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CBS News, 24 Sep. 2024
Kristy Militello, an assistant federal public defender representing Routh, asked during Monday’s hearing for Routh to be permitted to live with his sister in Greensboro, N.C., as the case moves forward.
—Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
Suspect in custody in connection with 2017 murders of 2 girls in Delphi, Indiana 01:58
Inside the trial
The trial has been repeatedly delayed because of evidence leaks and the withdrawal of Allen's public defenders, who were later reinstated by the Indiana Supreme Court.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Her public defender, Jennifer Patton, declined to comment to PEOPLE on the case.
—Emily Palmer, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Boyarsky has worked for the DA’s office for three decades, about half of that time as a trial attorney and supervisor and the other half as chief assistant district attorney, running the day-to-day operations of the office including overseeing hiring and prosecution assignments.Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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John Walsh was elected Denver’s next district attorney on Tuesday as voters decided his uncontested race and a handful of competitive district attorney races across the metro area.Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Groups representing trial lawyers and environmentalists, for example, almost exclusively support Democrats, while those representing businesses and gun owners have thrown their lot in with Republicans.James D’Angelo, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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Williams' attorneys argued that his DNA was not on the murder weapon and that his 2001 trial was unfair, saying that a trial lawyer dismissed a juror based on race and that there was only one Black juror on the panel.Daniella Silva, NBC News, 25 Sep. 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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In New York, a bill has been introduced repeatedly in the Albany statehouse to ban campaign funds from being used to cover a public official’s bills for criminal lawyers.Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
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Bush, a second-term lawmaker, was bested by St. Louis prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell, who was backed by a major pro-Israel group.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
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The suspects returned the following day, around 10 a.m., and were permitted inside and were taken by Murray to inspect the gas leak in the basement, the prosecuting attorney’s office said.Christine Pelisek, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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The girl ended up sending Rosenthal naked pictures of herself, prosecutors said.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Gaetz, a Trump loyalist known for being a rabble-rouser in Congress, has a law degree and briefly practiced law in Florida before entering politics, but has never worked as a prosecutor.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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