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   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 (CCR), the ...

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   May 10, 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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   Who was William Kunstler?

   • His most famous trial was his defense of the Chicago Seven who were charged with conspiracy to commita riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. William Kunstler was one of the country's best known and most reviled radical lawyers, defending clients whom most attorneys shunned. He was revered by supporters and condemned by critics.

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   Who was William Moses Kunstler?

   • William Moses Kunstler (July 7, 1919 – September 4, 1995) was an American attorney and civil rights activist, known for defending the Chicago Seven.

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   Was Kunstler a member of the ACLU?

   • While Kunstler identified as a member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), believing equal justice under the law a right for all, Kunstler & Kunstler did not work on civil right cases at its inception; rather, the firm was an ordinary civil practice until 1960. What changed?

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   Which cases reflected Kunstler's political leanings?

   • Later cases that reflected Kunstler’s political leanings were those in which he represented Black power activists Stokely Carmichael and Bobby Seale, antiwar activist Daniel Berrigan, and prisoners accused in the aftermath of the deadly 1971 riot at the Attica (New York) state prison.

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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.

5. www.cnn.com › US › 9508'Radical Lawyer' William Kunstler dies at age 76 - CNN

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   From Correspondent Brian Jenkins. NEW YORK (CNN) -- A law partner says William Kunstler died of cardiac arrest after a short illness. A constant in much of William Kunstler's adult life...

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   William Kunstler was one of the country's best known and most reviled radical lawyers, defending clients whom most attorneys shunned. He was revered by supporters and condemned by critics. His clients included civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., mafia don John Gotti, and a terrorist accused in the bombing of the World Trade Center in ...

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8. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1995/09/05-mnWilliam Kunstler, Fervent Defender of Radicals, Dies : Law ...

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   Sep 5, 1995 · William Kunstler, the lawyer whose passionate defense of radical causes and political pariahs catapulted him to fame and controversy within the American legal system, died Monday at the age...

9. www.npr.org › 2009/11/13 › 120313385'Disturbing the Universe': William Kunstler 101 - NPR

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   Nov 13, 2009 · Email. Lawyer William Kunstler famously took on controversial cases: from radical Abbie Hoffman to mobster John Gotti to Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, Kunstler's clients earned him both praise and...