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Libby's defense lawyer, William Jeffress, questioned Miller tartly about her memory, repeatedly seeking to undermine her credibility as a witness.
After the hearing, Mr. Pan's defense lawyer, Irwin Rochman, declined to discuss the specifics of his client's condition or say where he is hospitalized.
Sollecito's defense lawyer Giulia Bongiorno also said during closing arguments to remember that the true evidence points to who they believe is the sole killer: Rudy Guede.
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"The federal authorities, along with local cooperation from the Buffalo Police, engaged in a meticulous and lengthy investigation determining, in effect, that Josue Ortiz had nothing to do with the murders of the Camacho brothers, " said John Nuchereno, Ortiz's defense lawyer.
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Now his attorneys have filed a petition arguing that Mr. Skakel's former lawyer, star defense attorney Michael "Mickey" Sherman, failed to provide adequate legal representation during the 2002 trial.
Tomorrow, on Tuesday, August 10, the first military commission trial under the Obama administration will begin at Guantanamo -- that is unless the Supreme Court intervenes in response to a defense lawyer's whihc was petition filed last week.
His lawyer will present the defense's opening statement on Tuesday morning.
Salvi's lawyer says he plans an insanity defense, but those who witnessed the shootings -- and the victims' families -- say it was pre-meditated murder.
During the bail hearings, lead defense lawyer Barry Roux relentlessly attacked Mr. Botha's investigation.
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Defense lawyer Abe Lowell urged jurors to focus on Young's role in the case, saying he was a biased and unreliable witness with a financial and legal interest in the outcome.
Defense lawyer Abbe Lowell urged jurors to focus on Young's role in the case, saying he was a biased and unreliable witness with a financial and legal interest in the outcome.
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At one point the defense lawyer asked if we thought anybody had the authority to overrule the student editor's editorial decisions.
Yet endure the trial they must, so they once again employ as their defense attorney Jackie Chiles, the Johnnie Cochran-esque African-American lawyer who's gotten Kramer out of scrapes in earlier shows.
Frederique Baulieu, a lawyer for Strauss-Kahn, told CNN affiliate BFM-TV outside the court that the defense's request for annulment of the case had been well founded.
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