defendant
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Every defendant had been convicted well before the press conference took place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Sandoval’s ex, Dillon Maquindang, stood at a podium Thursday morning and decried the defendant for cheating on them, manipulating them and taking out his failures on Maquindang’s family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
"The defendant was arrested over the weekend and is now in federal custody. Further information will be provided shortly," federal prosecutors told AFP Monday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The defendant and his legal team declined to speak with a throng of reporters outside the courthouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
No defendant can be compelled to reveal his defense before he is actually in court.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
He said the defendants, who previously lived in Birmingham before moving to Ilford, were "willing to act in this way out of greed".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Jamie McDonald, US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the defendants and unidentified co-conspirators orchestrated more than 1,000 sham marriages over the past decade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The defendants include Mercury and Farmers, a Los Angeles insurer that filed a brief in support of Lara in his case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The about-face also could provide an avenue for three-time Olympian David Hearn and other defendants to sue the government and press for sanctions against the prosecutors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He took a seat directly behind the defendants, and fixed them with a gaze of unique persistence, as though he planned to paint their portraits from memory.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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