Sentence examples for competent defender from inspiring English sources

Olsen was more than a competent defender, one of the most accomplished players in Denmark's history.

Similarly he urged a revival of compulsory military service to make each citizen a competent defender of his country.

But he ranked second on the team in scoring and third in assists, as well as serving as the only competent defender in the starting lineup.

Perhaps part of alleviating the shortage of competent defenders is in firms' taking the time to educate students on the practicalities of the profession before they even enter law school.

The dilemma is especially acute in the political economic field, where wealthy right-wingers have pumped so much money to subsidize the field of pro-rich people polemics that the demand for competent defenders of letting rich people keep as much of their money as possible vastly outstrips the supply.

The United States recruited David Regis, a competent French defender who had married an American woman and whose citizenship was rushed through.

At its sharpest, it is a question of whether some innocent people are on death row only because their state does not provide the resources for an adequate or competent public defender system.

Colleagues were baffled that Dr. Mejia would risk his reputation over such a procedural matter, and his defenders said he was competent, if sometimes abrasive toward his colleagues.

In the Sept. 10 news article "In Missouri, State Budget Problems Take Toll on Lawyers for the Indigent," you describe how public defenders in Missouri cannot provide competent representation given their overwhelming caseloads.

"It was without question the federal defenders who are the most competent.

On Monday, a federal judge issued a stay to pursue hearings, sought by public defenders, on whether Mr. Ross was competent to decide to forgo his appeals.