Critics of the criminal justice system, however,point out that public defenders are often overworked and underpaid.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

The Germans,by a remarkable combination of air bombing and heavily armored tanks, have broken through the French defenses north of the Maginot Line, and strong columns of their armored vehicles are ravaging the open country, which for the first day or two was without defenders.

VOA: special.2011.05.12

He says public defenders who are overworked may not be able to provide an adequate defense for their clients.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Later,Clinton told an audience of Moscow State University students that attacks on journalists and human-rights defenders are a threat to progress.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

But similar funding was not sent to state prosecutors or public defenders to process court cases.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Advocates for public defenders say continued cuts may threaten the programs needed to provide justice for those accused of crimes and for the victims of crime.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Public defenders in Kentucky, Minnesota and Georgia say they are struggling with backlogs too.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

An honorary guard looked on as officials placed wreaths at the foot of the monument to the defenders of Westerplatte at 4:45 am local time, the exact time that the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein began shelling this tiny Polish military outpost.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

The U.S.took the lead after several near misses in the first half, after striker Jozy Altidore took a pass from Clint Dempsey and held off two Spanish defenders, then slammed a shot off the hands of Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas and into the net.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24