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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer
Prominent criminal lawyers and college professors in a similar vein likened the plea bargains at the heart of Operation Car Wash to torture, and other maneuvers included smear campaigns against judges and prosecutors.
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Eduardo Mello, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2018
In a recent quantitative meta-analysis, Stetson University’s Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith found substantial evidence for something conservative scholars and criminal lawyers have long suspected.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
But some criminal lawyers who have defended female drug bosses in the U.S. told me that women crave fame and power in the drug world as much as men do.
—Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
The elite criminal lawyer handles cases for defendants as well as victims and has worked with clients including Hammer and Darren Sharper.
—Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
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Eduardo Mello, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2018
In a recent quantitative meta-analysis, Stetson University’s Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith found substantial evidence for something conservative scholars and criminal lawyers have long suspected.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
But some criminal lawyers who have defended female drug bosses in the U.S. told me that women crave fame and power in the drug world as much as men do.
—Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
The elite criminal lawyer handles cases for defendants as well as victims and has worked with clients including Hammer and Darren Sharper.
—Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
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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, 26 Dec. 2024
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An experienced trial lawyer in his 41st year of private practice, Dickey graduated from Altoona High School and Saint Francis University before obtaining his law degree from Ohio Northern University.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Dixon is set to be arraigned on Jan. 27, online records show, and is represented by a public defender.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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His assistant public defender, Darren Johnson, declined to comment on Thursday about the case.Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
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The budget also covers the Health Department, sheriff's office, circuit court divisions, prosecuting attorney, coroner, constables, Office of Emergency Management, museum, Veterans Services and Cooperative Extension.Eplunus Colvin, arkansasonline.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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In 2018, Bell ran for and won the position of St. Louis prosecuting attorney, defeating an incumbent who had served in the role for nearly three decades, in a race that voters viewed as a referendum on Brown’s death and the Ferguson protests.The Hill, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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The district attorney’s offices in both counties review every search warrant application before it’s sent to a judge.Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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Prosecutors sent notifications this week to defense attorneys representing subjects in 3,600 open cases involving drug evidence, explaining that rats have been eating drugs held in the downtown evidence room, Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office, said Wednesday.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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