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Recent Examples of public defender
Joanne Daley of the Rhode Island Federal Public Defender office and Kimberly Stevens, an assistant federal public defender specializing in death penalty defenses.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 26 June 2025
The first-term incumbent will face Republican Maud Maron, who was a public defender for decades and previously ran for Congress and NYC's City Council as a Democrat.
—Anthony Izaguirre The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025
McIntire’s federal public defender argued successfully that strict home confinement with GPS monitoring at his parents’ house in Parkville would sufficiently mitigate any risk.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2025
His public defender, Daniel Hutchinson, argued Dominguez was in a psychotic state due to schizophrenia and should be convicted only of involuntary manslaughter.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 26 June 2025
The first-term incumbent will face Republican Maud Maron, who was a public defender for decades and previously ran for Congress and NYC's City Council as a Democrat.
—Anthony Izaguirre The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025
McIntire’s federal public defender argued successfully that strict home confinement with GPS monitoring at his parents’ house in Parkville would sufficiently mitigate any risk.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2025
His public defender, Daniel Hutchinson, argued Dominguez was in a psychotic state due to schizophrenia and should be convicted only of involuntary manslaughter.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public defender
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The home invasion that Muller was most recently convicted of happened just two weeks after that of Huskins and Quinn, but it was never reported to authorities at the time, according to the district attorney’s statement.—
Annie Goodykoontz
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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The bodies were later identified as Mestre’s parents, Bertha Huerta Conde and Raymundo Mestre, and his 17-year-old sister, Brielle Mestre, according to a July 10 Facebook post by the district attorney’s office.—
Paloma Chavez
July 11,
Sacbee.com,
11 July 2025
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Thompson repeatedly clashed with his trial lawyers Michael Campbell and Ferdinand Alvarez over his legal strategy.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
1 July 2025
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Matter of fact, at least 43 such lawsuits have been filed by Louisiana parishes in partnership with prominent trial lawyers to sue oil and gas companies over questionable claims that their operations have caused coastal erosion issues south of the Mississippi River.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
18 June 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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Growing up with seven siblings in Marietta, Ohio, Moynihan wanted to be a criminal lawyer like Perry Mason.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
25 June 2025
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His 1913 trial led to his conviction despite shoddy evidence and the manipulations of an ambitious prosecuting attorney, who shamelessly preyed on the prejudices of the jury.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Carter, of Springdale, is the prosecuting attorney for Washington and Madison counties.—
Miceala Morano,
Arkansas Online,
18 June 2025
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The prosecutor in the criminal case against former Milwaukee City Attorney Tearman Spencer wants to prevent court records turned up as part of the investigation from being disclosed to the media.—
Alison Dirr,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
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Defense attorneys and federal prosecutors initially agreed to a Sept. 22 sentencing date for Combs, according to a joint letter filed Tuesday ahead of a remote hearing set for 2 p.m. ET.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 July 2025
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“Public defender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20defender. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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