indigent
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Ross, according to his website, has represented more than 10,000 indigent defendants and completed more than 110 jury trials.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
When the center was founded in 1971, it mainly did legal work for clients who were indigent or had civil-liberties complaints.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
In the motion, Robertson described Flores as indigent and said his client was unable to retain immigration counsel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
His 2001 land reform program redistributed government-owned and private land to indigent residents willing to cultivate it.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
The bodies of the indigent dead were carted to the potter’s field and dumped, but no gravediggers were there to bury them.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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