the defenders.jmb.10.16

For the lawyer as well as the soldier, there is … an equally imperative command. That duty is to shelter from injustice and wrong the innocent, to protect the weak from oppression, and to rally at all times and on all occasions, when necessity demands it, to the special defense of Those whom nature, custom, or circumstance may have placed in dependence upon our strength, honor and cherishing regard. Frederick Aiken, Closing Argument

APRIL 1865APRIL 1865

CONSPIRACY CONSPIRACY

MARY SURRATT

FREDERICK AIKEN

MARY SURRATT

March 1951March 1951

TREASONTREASON

ETHEL and JULIUS ROSENBERG

MARCH 25, MARCH 25, 19111911

MAX BLANCK and ISSAC HARRIS

MAX D. STEUER

For the lawyer as well as the soldier, there is … an equally imperative command. That duty is to shelter from injustice and wrong the innocent, to protect the weak from oppression, and to rally at all times and on all occasions, when necessity demands it, to the special defense of Those whom nature, custom, or circumstance may have placed in dependence upon our strength, honor and cherishing regard. Frederick Aiken, Closing Argument