Clarence Darrow

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CLARENCE DARROW
Politics
Born: April 18, 1857
Kinsman, Ohio
Died: March 13, 1938

"There is no such thing as justice -- in or out of court."

American lawyer Clarence Seward Darrow was best known for his masterful, if not always successful, defense in political and labor trials such as the Scopes case. Darrow started out as an attorney for the Chicago and North Western Railway, but resigned during the Pullman strike. Amongst others, he defended Robert Pendergast, the convicted assassin of Chicago mayor Carter Harrison and William Haywood, accused of conspiring to kill Frank Steunenberg, the former governor of Idaho.


1. What was Darrow's occupation?


2. Darrow started out as an attorney for the Chicago and North Western _________ .


3. He defended _________ the convicted assassin of Chicago mayor Carter Harrison.


4. Darrow said, "There is no such thing as _________, in or out of court".


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