U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn, 97
By his own admission, Avern Cohn was forceful, passionate, and occasionally annoying — or what he liked to describe as “rhetorically promiscuous.” But behind a
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By his own admission, Avern Cohn was forceful, passionate, and occasionally annoying — or what he liked to describe as “rhetorically promiscuous.” But behind a
U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn oversaw court cases until he was 95. He was passionate and compassionate, and unapologetically difficult.
The cia and the fbi and all this, but find themselves in the context of that type of both potential judgment and railroading and all the various biases that can come into power structures when people are fearful, particularly people in the community or people at the top of the community, what would you say? >> i do believe that we need to have some government accounting. for people who have -- like you said, the judge and the jury, we do need to have some government accountability in that sense. but at the same time, i am also an example of someone who believes in the justice system, because a...