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Recent Examples of criminal lawyer
To avoid conviction, Roxie hires a criminal lawyer to help her dupe the public, media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by creating shocking headlines.
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
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.
—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
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Aug. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal lawyer
Noun
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Sabrina Haake is a columnist and 25-year trial lawyer specializing in 1st and 14th Amendment defense.—
Sabrina Haake,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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After twenty years as a trial lawyer, Mr Kray walked away from his career because the stress was killing him.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
11 Dec. 2024
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Jiang, 65, was recently appointed a public defender.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2025
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Jay Logsdon, North Idaho’s state public defender and co-counsel for the case’s defense, will be replaced for Kohberger’s capital murder trial, a Thursday court order said.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Feb. 2025
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The city’s prosecuting attorney’s office moved to dismiss a citation for battery against Borrenpohl.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Mar. 2025
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Newsweek reached out for comment to the prosecuting attorney's office in Latah County, Idaho, via email on Thursday night.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Manuel Monsanto will never fully recover from his injuries, according to the district attorney’s findings.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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The district attorney’s office shared some of the footage on Facebook and in its release.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Criminal lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal%20lawyer. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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