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In contrast, the defence team includes the counsel for the former Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, and a defence lawyer from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (which is trying Charles Taylor, Liberia's former president).
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Mr Navalny's lawyer, Olga Mikhailova, also argued that the judge should recuse himself, saying that in just two days of the trial he had already "sided with the prosecutors and in fact acted as a 'defence lawyer' for the prosecutors, who had failed to conduct a proper investigation and shape up the indictment".
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The defence lawyer for Avie Howell said there was no proof his client was anywhere near the hotel around the time of the killing.
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Defence lawyer Pascal Rouiller feared it would be hard for the jurors to distinguish between all those on trial.
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His defence lawyer said Mr Frazer was not before the court for organising parades and that he did not believe he was taking part in any unlawful ones.
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Ahead of the sentencing, assistant defence lawyer Anthony Chambers argued that a life sentence for Abdulmutallab would be unconstitutional, since no other passengers were hurt.
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Even though no lawyer should be party to perjury, defence counsels have a duty to impede the search for truth in other ways.
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The sect leader refused to speak during the sentencing portion of the trial, with a defence lawyer telling the judge his client had instructed his legal team not to speak for him.
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The police and prosecution opposed bail on the grounds that there was a risk the accused might leave the jurisdiction, but a defence lawyer said Mr Burns suffered from ill health and had been living openly in Northern Ireland for the last 15 years.
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