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The judge found probable cause and entered a not guilty plea to the murder charge on behalf of Flaherty, who requested a public defender.
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Emily Palmer, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Watch on Deadline In Better Call Saul, the titular attorney is introduced as a struggling public defender working at a Cinnabon, a callback to the penultimate episode of Breaking Bad.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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He was appointed a temporary public defender during the brief arraignment hearing and is due back in court for a preliminary hearing Tuesday.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
He was questioned by the judge to determine his eligibility for a public defender.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2024
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Emily Palmer, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Watch on Deadline In Better Call Saul, the titular attorney is introduced as a struggling public defender working at a Cinnabon, a callback to the penultimate episode of Breaking Bad.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Scott Utterback / Courier Journal via USA TODAY Network
He was appointed a temporary public defender during the brief arraignment hearing and is due back in court for a preliminary hearing Tuesday.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
He was questioned by the judge to determine his eligibility for a public defender.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2024
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The Manhattan district attorney’s office filed a motion accusing the defense of eliminating certain potential jurors based on race.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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According to the district attorney's office, the incident occurred at about 12:15 a.m. on July 31.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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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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In preparation for Tuesday’s meeting, Vance has reportedly been working with a team of advisers including his wife, trial lawyer Usha Vance, and Tom Emmer, who has represented Minnesota’s 6th congressional district since 2015 and served as majority whip in the House of Representatives since 2023.Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 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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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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Murray’s body was discovered in the basement, with his wrists and ankles also duct-taped, the prosecuting attorney’s office said.Zoe Sottile, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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Relatively unscathed so far has been Larry Krasner, the former public defender elected to the DA’s office in Philadelphia in 2017 and the only progressive prosecutor of the group to have a gripping, prestige-TV docuseries made about him.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Hines, a Democrat, is challenging Lucido, a Republican, for prosecutor in the November election.Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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