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Darrow

American  
[dar-oh] / ˈdær oʊ /

noun

  1. Clarence (Seward), 1857–1938, U.S. lawyer, lecturer, and author.


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By Harrington’s account, when Franklin was caught, Darrow nervously blurted: “My God, if he speaks I am ruined.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

The year after that, Darrow won an acquittal for a Black man charged with firing into a white mob as it surrounded his brother’s home in Detroit.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

Los Angeles prosecutors dropped the case, and — two years after stepping off a train in L.A. — a chastened Darrow returned to Chicago.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

Darrow settled the case, he would explain, to save his clients from hanging.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

Lloyd: They named a basketball hoop in the Darrow Homes for him.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones