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2. Criminal defense lawyer - Wikipedia

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   A criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer (mostly barristers) specializing in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal activity.Some criminal defense lawyers are privately retained, while others are employed by the various jurisdictions with criminal courts for appointment to represent indigent persons; the latter are generally called public defenders.

3. Defense (legal) - Wikipedia

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   In a civil proceeding or criminal prosecution under the common law or under statute, a defendant may raise a defense (or defence) [a] in an effort to avert civil liability or criminal conviction. A defense is put forward by a party to defeat a suit or action brought against the party, and may be based on legal grounds or on factual claims. [2] [3]

4. Lawyer - Wikipedia

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   A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters.. The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system, as well as the lawyer's area of practice.

5. Public defender (United States) - Wikipedia

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   By law, lawyers employed by Federal Public Defender offices have salaries set to match those of lawyers in the U.S. Attorney's office. The combination of salary, benefits and support team tends to attract, and more importantly retain, highly qualified attorneys.

6. Courtroom workgroup - Wikipedia

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   In the United States criminal justice system, a Courtroom workgroup is an informal arrangement between a criminal prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, and the judicial officer. This foundational concept in the academic discipline of criminal justice recharacterizes the seemingly adversarial courtroom participants as collaborators in "doing ...

7. Defense lawyers challenge reliability of gun evidence amid ...

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   The motions filed in Superior Court show that defense lawyers are wondering about the strength of such evidence due to recent announcements regarding toolmark work at the Rhode Island State Crime ...

8. An alleged Darfur militia leader was merely 'a pharmacist ...

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   Defense lawyers told the International Criminal Court on Thursday that their client was not a Sudanese militia leader who had participated in war crimes, but rather “a no one” who had no ...

9. Judges are pausing Trump's policy changes. But for how long?

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   Public interest lawyers are optimistic about the automatic, or birthright citizenship case, arguing that Trump's move to limit the practice goes against decades, if not centuries, of case law − ...