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A Short Biography of Arthur Joseph Goldberg

Author Name:

Arthur Joseph Goldberg

Born As:

Arthur Joseph Goldberg

Other Names:

Born:

8 Aug 1908

Died:

19 Jan 1990




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Statesman and jurist                          
                          
                          
U.S. Secretary of Labor, Supreme Court Justice and Ambassador to the United Nations.                          
Arthur’s interest in the law was inspired by the 1923 murder trial of Leopold and Loeb, wealthy young Chicagoans who were spared the death penalty with the help of Clarence Darrow. Arthur would later point to this case as inspiration for his opposition to the death penalty on the bench, as he saw how inequality of social status could lead to unfair application of the death penalty.