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  • This explanation of Darrow's involvement comes from Mr. Kersten.

    A Man in Search of a Lost Cause Carl Rollyson 2011

  • We learn from Mr. Farrell about other factors, including Darrow's desire to retire to a more temperate climate in order to satisfy his wife Ruby's yearning for "warm nights, fruit trees, and abundant flowers."

    A Man in Search of a Lost Cause Carl Rollyson 2011

  • In the end, the case against Darrow was circumstantial, and Darrow's defense attorney, Earl Rogers, was nearly as adept at courtroom theatrics as his client.

    A Man in Search of a Lost Cause Carl Rollyson 2011

  • He shores up his case with testimony from Darrow's lover, Mary Field Parton, who shared his secrets and his bed during those searing months in California, and wrote, 'Bribing a juror to save a man's life?

    A Man in Search of a Lost Cause Carl Rollyson 2011

  • Mr. Kersten admits to the possibility: Many of Darrow's friends thought as much, since they knew he would resort to all manner of tactics when fighting corporations.

    A Man in Search of a Lost Cause Carl Rollyson 2011

  • And, though reduced to a footnote here, attorney Clarence Darrow's argument against the death penalty for the killers resounds to this day.

    Money, Class and Murder Dorothy Rabinowitz 2011

  • I have always liked Clarence Darrow's observation about the existence vis-à-vis non-existence of God: "I do not pretend to know what ignorant men are sure of."

    Vincent Bugliosi: Why Do I Doubt Both The Atheists And The Theists? Vincent Bugliosi 2011

  • I have always liked Clarence Darrow's observation about the existence vis-Ã-vis non-existence of God: "I do not pretend to know what ignorant men are sure of."

    Vincent Bugliosi: Why Do I Doubt Both The Atheists And The Theists? Vincent Bugliosi 2011

  • And, though reduced to a footnote here, attorney Clarence Darrow's argument against the death penalty for the killers resounds to this day.

    Money, Class and Murder Dorothy Rabinowitz 2011

  • Where Mr. Farrell and Mr. Kersten part company as biographers is in their handling of a particular episode that forms what the latter calls the "fulcrum" of Darrow's career.

    A Man in Search of a Lost Cause Carl Rollyson 2011

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