defendant
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The jury has reached its decision: the defendant must sell the team.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
“It cannot be said in any shape or form that the defendant had any malice,” which would be a necessary element of any murder charge, Coen said on Friday morning.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The defendant has contended he did not realise that he had run over anyone -- a claim that another prosecutor, Marco Reinl, called utterly implausible.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The reprieve for the Mississippi defendant split the high court’s conservatives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
But if the defendant alleges new evidence that could lead to a different outcome in the case—or that undermines the reliability of the trial—there is typically a hearing.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing defendant
Monster
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Excerpts from "Jacobson v. Massachusetts"
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