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Gideon, Escobedo, Miranda – Protecting The Accused

North Shore Senior Center 161 Northfield Road, Northfield

  Miranda rights have become so familiar that most of us can recite them from memory - even though we have never been accused of a crime! The "Warren Court" of the 1960s was tasked with interpreting the Bill Of Rights … Continue reading

Clarence Darrow – Lawyer For The Ages

College of Lake County 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL, United States

For almost a century the very name "Clarence Darrow" has been used as synonymous for a brave, intrepid lawyer fighting for the rights of the disadvantage and wrongfully accused.  The real Darrow was such a man. He took on unpopular cases, defended clients … Continue reading

Medgar Evers: Is It Ever Too Late To Do The Right Thing?

North Shore Senior Center 161 Northfield Road, Northfield

Medgar Evers Is My Hero. Medgar Evers, a brave Civil Rights leader,was assassinated in the driveway of his home, murdered by a Ku Klax Klan leader bent on blood. What offense had Medgar Evers committed? He was trying to register African Americans … Continue reading

Phil Spector And The Murder Of Lana Clarkson

North Shore Senior Center 161 Northfield Road, Northfield

Phil Spector And The Murder Of Lana Clarkson It sounds like an Agatha Christie story – a brilliant but troubled music producer takes a very beautiful  actress who is down on her luck back to his Tyrolian mansion for a drink. Two … Continue reading

Clarence Darrow – Lawyer For The Ages

College of Lake County 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL, United States

For almost a century the very name "Clarence Darrow" has been used as synonymous for a brave, intrepid lawyer fighting for the rights of the disadvantage and wrongfully accused.  The real Darrow was such a man. He took on unpopular cases, defended clients … Continue reading

Clarence Darrow – Lawyer For The Ages

Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Senior Center 100 E. Old Mill Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

For almost a century the very name "Clarence Darrow" has been used as synonymous for a brave, intrepid lawyer fighting for the rights of the disadvantage and wrongfully accused.  The real Darrow was such a man. He took on unpopular cases, defended clients … Continue reading

The Mysterious Life Of Lee Harvey Oswald

Private Venue

Lee Harvey Oswald was only 24 years when he was killed.  But his 24 years of life are as mysterious and controversial as the life of any 24-year-old ever! So who was he? Was Lee Harvey Oswald a "semi-educated hillbilly … Continue reading

Gideon, Escobedo, Miranda – Protecting The Accused

Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Senior Center 100 E. Old Mill Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

  Miranda rights have become so familiar that most of us can recite them from memory - even though we have never been accused of a crime! The "Warren Court" of the 1960s was tasked with interpreting the Bill Of Rights … Continue reading

The Mysterious Life Of Lee Harvey Oswald

Indian Trails Public Library 355 Schoenbeck Rd, Wheeling, IL, United States

Lee Harvey Oswald was only 24 years when he was killed.  But his 24 years of life are as mysterious and controversial as the life of any 24-year-old ever! So who was he? Was Lee Harvey Oswald a "semi-educated hillbilly … Continue reading