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Recent Examples of public defender
His legal team also filed a separate motion requesting a public defender be assigned to his case, citing indigence.
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Jiang’s federal public defender, Todd M. Richman, declined McClatchy News’ request for comment March 7.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
The Los Angeles County public defender's office did not immediately reply to an email outside regular business hours Tuesday night.
—Bill Feather, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Teachers, nurses, public defenders, and others have built career plans around this forgiveness after a decade of service.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Jiang’s federal public defender, Todd M. Richman, declined McClatchy News’ request for comment March 7.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
The Los Angeles County public defender's office did not immediately reply to an email outside regular business hours Tuesday night.
—Bill Feather, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Teachers, nurses, public defenders, and others have built career plans around this forgiveness after a decade of service.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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In August 2023, McIsaac was placed in a mental health diversion program despite objections from the district attorney’s office.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2025
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Maria, a former assistant district attorney, leads the Jackson commune, having been democratically elected by its residents.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Witnesses said the attacker had run away, and Lewis found that his trial lawyer, Thomas Lee, didn’t present evidence that Brown had been previously shot in the leg one year earlier in January 1998, which prevented him from running from the scene.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Besides, the Caribbean strife was thwarting trade and endangering American lives and livelihoods in the region. McKinley, sympathetic toward the rebels but not wanting war with Spain, dispatched a prominent Illinois trial lawyer to Cuba to study the situation and report back.—
Robert W. Merry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 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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In the court documents, the prosecuting attorney wrote that Jones did operate a legitimate business at one point but there was a shift in August 2018.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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Sanders appointed former juvenile prosecuting attorney Dawn Egan to replace Stacey Zimmerman, who last week announced her retirement as a Washington County judge.—
Alex Golden,
Axios,
4 Mar. 2025
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Although the people accused of bribing Jenkins did not receive proper training, they were given roles as law enforcement officials, prosecutors said.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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For decades, her case was cold, until the arrest of Marvin Ray Markle in 2017, prosecutors said.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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