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Date de naissance

7 July 1919, New York City, New York, USA

Date de mort

5 September 1995, New York City, New York, USA (cardiac arrest)

Nom de naissance

William Moses Kunstler

Anecdotes

Was a prominent New York attorney before his death in 1995. Was appointed with attorney Ron Kuby to defend Colin Ferguson, the Long Island Railroad gunman. In December 1993, Ferguson rode an LIRR commuter train packed with passengers at rush hour. When the train stopped at its Merillon Avenue destination in Garden City, New York, Ferguson opened fire in the third car, killing six people and wounding nineteen others. Ferguson refused to be defended by Kunstler and all other attorneys appointed and defended himself in court. Ferguson is currently serving a life sentence in prison without parole.

Chief defense attorney in the 1969 Chicago Conspiracy Trial, also known as the trial of the Chicago Eight (later Chicago Seven).

During the '50s and '60s he assisted the civil rights movement by getting a number of cases out of the courts of the (southern) states and into federal venues.

Is portrayed by David Eisner in Steal This Movie (2000).

Citations personnelles

"A dog is like a liberal. He wants to please everybody. A cat really doesn't need to know that everybody loves him."

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