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Sirica

American  
[suh-rik-uh] / səˈrɪk ə /

noun

  1. John J(oseph), 1904–1992, U.S. jurist: chief judge, district court for District of Columbia 1971–74; tried Watergate cases 1973–74.


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District Judge John J. Sirica reduced the prison sentences of Mitchell, former White House chief of staff H.R.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2023

Judge Sirica suspected a cover-up and that higher-up authorities were involved.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2023

Judge Sirica, in his 1979 memoir, “To Set the Record Straight: The Break-in, the Tapes, the Conspirators, the Pardon,” described Mr. Silbert as “naïve and somewhat inexperienced.”

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and Judge John Sirica of Watergate fame and worked often with Jackie Kennedy during her time as an editor with Doubleday and Viking.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2022

This was so strictly enforced that when one Sirica, abbess at Caralis, made a will and distributed her property, Gregory ordered that it be restored to the monastery without dispute or evasion.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred

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