defense lawyer
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Some jurors recalled that during the trial, a defense lawyer said that criminal counts the brothers faced each carried a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Michael Freedman, a California defense lawyer, said he has noticed an uptick in incidents of jurors tattling on one another to judges rather than working out their differences in jury rooms.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
In the same year he ran for mayor, Hillquit was also the defense lawyer for several left-leaning publications that Woodrow Wilson’s administration tried to ban or shut down.
From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025
Plasencia will remain out on bail until his sentencing on Dec. 3 on request from his defense lawyer, who argued that he is one of the primary caretakers of a 2-year-old son.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
The defense lawyer had filed no written pleadings and uttered no more than twelve transcript lines at sentencing.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
