The plural possessive form of "defendant" is "defendants'".
Defenadnt'S is singular but "defendants" is plural.
Of course it is. Defendants are not criminals.
Plaintiffs do not have a surrebuttal. They have a rebuttal. Defendants reply is the surreebuttal. Plaintiffs case in chief Defendants case in chief Plaintiffs rebuttal Defendants surrebuttal
I am unfamiliar with (never heard of) the "effectiveness defense" and (in the U.S.) there are no defendants charged with "torture."
The prosecutor tries the defendants and presents evidence to find the defendants guilty.
Because most criminal defendants cannot afford the expense of the experts.
They will do their job which does include running checks on their defendants. And no prosecutor would let them skip it.
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