| Clarence Darrow | |
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| Born | Clarence Seward DarrowApril 18, 1857 Farmdale, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 13, 1938 (aged 80) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Which country lawyer from Ashtabula, Ohio, argued that criminals are not born, but are made by the unjust condition of human life? - 876080
Early life. Clarence Darrow was born in the small town of Farmdale, Ohio, on April 18, 1857, the fifth son of Amirus and Emily Darrow (nÊe Eddy), but grew up in nearby Kinsman, Ohio. Both the Darrow and Eddy families had deep roots in colonial New England, and several of Darrow's ancestors served in the American Revolution.
Darrow married Jessie Ohl in April 1880. They had one child, Paul Edward Darrow, in 1883. They were divorced in 1897. Darrow later married Ruby Hammerstrom, a journalist 16 years his junior, in 1903. They had no children.
He took the latter because he had become convinced that the criminal justice system could ruin people's lives if they were not adequately represented.
The Scopes Trial and the Sweet trial were the last big cases that Darrow took on before he retired from full-time practice at the age of 68. He still took on a few cases such as the 1932 Massie Trial in Hawaii.
Orson Welles played the role of the defense attorney, based on Darrow. The episode, "Defendant: Clarence Darrow" (January 13, 1963), with Tol Avery playing Darrow, in the CBS anthology series, GE True, hosted by Jack Webb. In the storyline, Darrow is charged in 1912 with attempted bribery of a juror.
The Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge is located in Chicago, just south of the Museum of Science & Industry. The Clarence Darrow Commemorative Committee holds an annual event to honor Darrow's life and work. The complete collection of Clarence Darrow's personal papers is housed at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
Clarence Darrow in 1902. From 1906 to 1908, Darrow represented the Western Federation of Miners leaders William "Big Bill" Haywood, Charles Moyer, and George Pettibone when they were arrested and charged with conspiring to murder former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg in 1905.