defendant
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Said’s lawyers filed a request with the court Friday to drop Gutman, who was named as a defendant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
He reminded the panel they must unanimously believe beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty in order to convict her of a crime.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“This case is about this defendant, Lindsay Clancy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
In 2024, judge Aenlle-Rocha ruled that Daniels could not sue the Grammy winner as an individual, but Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc remained a defendant.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
South African law does not guarantee a defendant the right to legal representation, and thousands upon thousands of indigent men and women went to prison every year for lack of such representation.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Banks’ legal team includes Brian Steel, who has represented defendants like Young Thug and Sean “Diddy” Combs, and Drew Findling, who has represented Cardi B and Lil Baby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Belgian police had discovered evidence that the defendants had been sending money to IS, which was intended to help the wives of militants escape from detention camps in Syria.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The defendants, “motivated solely by profit” and with full knowledge of export control regulations, “colluded…to export high-end servers, driving up compliance costs for enterprises,” prosecutors said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Requests for comment from representatives for Sheridan, Paramount and NBCUniversal, all among those named as defendants in the lawsuit, were not immediately returned on Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Only about a quarter of felony defendants in large urban counties were charged with a violent offense in 2006.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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