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William Kunstler nel 1989. William Moses Kunstler, detto Bill (New York, 7 luglio 1919 – New York, 4 settembre 1995), è stato un avvocato, attivista e poeta statunitense, politicamente vicino al progressismo, alla controcultura, alla sinistra radicale americana e all'ideologia del Youth International Party (ala politica degli yippie).
William Moses Kunstler (July 7, 1919 – September 4, 1995) was an American attorney and civil rights activist, known for defending the Chicago Seven. [1] Kunstler was an active member of the National Lawyers Guild, a board member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the co-founder of the Center for Constitutional Rights ...
10 mag 2024 · William Kunstler was an American lawyer who was a flamboyant left-wing attorney known for defending a number of controversial clients in high-profile cases. He gained national renown during the trial of the "Chicago Seven" on charges of having conspired to incite riots in Chicago during the 1968.
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Biography of William Kunstler. Eventually called both a "great American hero" and "the most hated lawyer in America," William M. Kunstler was born in New York in 1919, the oldest of three children in a middle-class Jewish family that lived on Central Park West on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
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Civil Rights Law: The Legacy of William Kunstler. Deemed simultaneously a “great American hero” and “the most hated lawyer in America,” William M. Kunstler did not pursue law planning to become an advocate for civil rights.
William Kunstler was an avid defender of civil rights in America, and earned a reputation by defending some of the most high-profile cases in the 20th Century. During his career, he defended the Freedom Riders, Chicago 8, the Attica Prison rioters, the American Indian Movement, and many other groups that he felt had been wrongly prosecuted and ...
William Kunstler introduces his life. He recounts becoming a defender for the Chicago Eight, and his understanding that he would become the defense attorney for the 60s generation. He describes the confrontation, protest, and police brutality which brought about the trial, and the powerful prosecution the Chicago Eight would be up against.
