1.   And many criminal defendants are well-practiced in the art of lying, said Brandeis University psychologist Leonard Saxe.

2.   And when it comes to providing lawyers for indigent criminal defendants, it is one of the most backward states in the Union.

3.   ATLANTA - As political constituencies go, criminal defendants are as low as you get.

4.   A criminal defendant may knowingly and voluntarily waive many of the most fundamental protections afforded by the Constitution.

5.   A conviction must be overturned before a criminal defendant may sue his lawyer for malpractice, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday.

6.   A criminal defendant is certainly entitled to have a jury of his or her peers decide the question of guilt or innocence.

7.   A similar tension exists in laws that permit a criminal defendant to be held without bail if there is concern that he presents a danger to the community.

8.   Abdel-Rahman has also been very successful in his career as a criminal defendant, and has used his previous trials as a means to publicize his beliefs.

9.   Acuna cited a law recently signed by Perry allowing criminal defendants and inmates access to DNA testing as an example of the improvements favored by the governor.

10.   After months of intense national scrutiny of its treatment of criminal defendants, Texas is moving closer to creating its first statewide public-defender system.