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Recent Examples of public defender
More than six months later, Chief District Judge Roy Wiggins on July 28 ordered his capacity to proceed be evaluated, as his public defender had requested.
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Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Lowder’s federal public defender did not immediately return McClatchy News’ request for comment.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Newsweek reached out to a public defender who has represented Routh and the White House for comment via email.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Buggs’ public defender also suggested that Alameda County prosecutors’ case was tainted by that bias.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
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Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Lowder’s federal public defender did not immediately return McClatchy News’ request for comment.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Newsweek reached out to a public defender who has represented Routh and the White House for comment via email.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Buggs’ public defender also suggested that Alameda County prosecutors’ case was tainted by that bias.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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He was released in 2021 after serving nearly three years because a previous district attorney had made a non-prosecution agreement with Cosby in exchange for his testimony in a civil case against him.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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As part of his agreement with prosecutors, Wright pleaded guilty in exchange for having his original charge of malice murder reduced to second-degree murder and one of two counts of first-degree cruelty to children reduced to second-degree, according to the district attorney.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 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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Gerry Spence, the fringe jacket-wearing trial lawyer from Wyoming known for a string of major court wins starting with a multimillion-dollar judgment against a plutonium processor in the landmark Karen Silkwood case, has died.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Aug. 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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Dateline spoke with Vicki Becker, the prosecuting attorney in Elkhart, who confirmed Kristyana’s case is still open but would not answer additional questions to protect the integrity of the case.—
Mackenzie Matwick,
NBC news,
24 Aug. 2025
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Thompson, the Latah County prosecuting attorney, led the case.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Jeffrey Breinholt, an architect of the material support statutes who spent three decades as a federal terrorism prosecutor, defends the laws as crucial to closing loopholes that were exploited by foreign militant groups and their domestic sympathizers.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Federal prosecutors allege Brown used the money to purchase items from luxury brand Louis Vuitton and to throw herself an extravagant birthday party.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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