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public defender
noun
- a lawyer appointed or elected by a city or county as a full-time, official defender to represent indigents in criminal cases at public expense.
public defender
noun
- (in the US) a lawyer engaged at public expense to represent indigent defendants
public defender
- An attorney who is appointed and paid by a court to defend poor persons who cannot afford a lawyer.
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of public defender1
First recorded in 1915–20
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The longtime Orange County public defender changed local history in 2013 when he presented a judge with evidence that sheriff’s deputies had illegally used jailhouse snitches for decades.
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Brooke Longuevan, president of the public defenders union, called the situation “deeply concerning.â€
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She appeared via video from a San Diego hospital; her public defender requested a bail review hearing for April 28.
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Barnes and Robertson’s public defender did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Elliott’s federal public defender did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday.
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