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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.
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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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. Born in 1919 to a middle-class Jewish family in the Upper West Side of New York City, Kunstler attended Yale University (1941) before serving in the Army Signal ...
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.
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 talks about the contemporary justice system, corruption, and conflicts. He puts out a call to arms for defense lawyers to "fight fire with fire," and use the media to help win their battles.
