PUBLIC DEFENDER Synonyms: 26 Similar Words

public defender

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as in district attorney

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Recent Examples of public defender Push for rehabilitation Wilson's public defender, Donna D'Alessio, said her client had changed his ways and had been making progress behind bars in achieving his high school diploma. — Julie Hanson, CBS News, 13 July 2026 Despite the measures, though, the presence of immigration agents around Cook County courthouses is stubbornly persistent, according to a Tribune review of a tracker maintained by the Cook County public defender’s office. — Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026 Vick’s attorney in his case from April, Shelby County, Tennessee public defender Javier Bailey, did not respond to requests for comment. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026 His public defender did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for public defender

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The district attorney who put the killer behind bars for the rest of his life and won an unprecedented murder conviction against his father, agreed.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
The district attorney’s office’s community integrity unit discovered the Brady rule violation, according to a news release from the office.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026

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Pahlmeyer is named for Jayson Pahlmeyer, a former trial lawyer who founded his eponymous winery in 1981.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 17 July 2026
One night in early 1973, Michael heard that a trial lawyer named Louis Nizer, who had not been involved in the Rosenberg case, was reading out loud from his parents’ prison letters on TV.

— Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

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Just as extraordinary was that Friedmann, who knew as much about criminal law as many criminal lawyers do, appeared to have designed the plot precisely to confound prosecutors.

— James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
My dreams were like, makeup artist, criminal lawyer and singer, that’s it.

— Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026

Definition of criminal lawyer

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His arrest on the misdemeanor charge comes after a state police investigation requested by Sonia Hagood, 2nd Judicial Disitrict prosecuting attorney, on June 2, the release says.

— Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2026
However, the Clay County prosecuting attorney warned this behavior goes far beyond large events and contributes to more exploitation, including human trafficking.

— Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026

Definition of prosecuting attorney

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Nationally, 70% of federal judges are white and 60% are men, and former prosecutors outnumber public defenders 4 to 1, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.

— Julia Coin July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
On the same day as his release, federal prosecutors filed a motion seeking to keep Rojas Pliego in detention pending appeal, court documents show.

— Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

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