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Recent Examples of public defender
Biden cited his work as a public defender and Trump's support for the death penalty as guiding factors.
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Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Cox’s public defender, Pat Forester, chose not to make an opening statement, according to the local paper.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
The mental health issues and other mitigating factors led his public defenders to ask for life in prison.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
Price was granted a public defender; it wasn’t known Monday which attorney would be representing him.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 16 Dec. 2024
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Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Cox’s public defender, Pat Forester, chose not to make an opening statement, according to the local paper.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
The mental health issues and other mitigating factors led his public defenders to ask for life in prison.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
Price was granted a public defender; it wasn’t known Monday which attorney would be representing him.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 16 Dec. 2024
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Her career largely focused on public service, notably as chief assistant district attorney at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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After leaving the Sheriff’s Department, Teran later joined the district attorney’s office.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Tom Girardi, the once legendary Los Angeles trial lawyer, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday after a federal jury convicted him of wire fraud.Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Other Justice Department Jobs Todd Blanche, Trump’s hush money trial lawyer, was tapped as the president-elect’s deputy attorney general.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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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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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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On cross-examination, deputy prosecuting attorney Janna Skelton asked Ahmad if Whitfield was still a threat after he was handcuffed.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
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As prosecuting attorney Nico Della Guardia, Fagbenle is a delightfully wicked presence, all smug dandyism when navigating the case against Rusty Sabich for the murder of Carolyn Polhemus.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 July 2024
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Bove represented Trump alongside Blanche throughout the hush money trial and is a former federal prosecutor.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Bell, a former federal prosecutor who President Donald Trump nominated to the bench in 2018, repudiated those criticisms in his order.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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