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Jaworski, Leon
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Jaworski, Leon (1905–82) lawyer; born in Waco, Texas. Child of Polish and Austrian immigrants, he became the youngest person ever admitted to the Texas bar (1925). In 1931 he joined the Houston firm that became Fulbright & Jaworski. During and after World War II, as chief of the war crimes trial section of the Judge Advocate General's Corps, he prosecuted Nazi war criminals. He headed many organizations, including the American Bar Association (1971–72). He directed the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (1973–74) that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, then returned to private practice.


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According to Hamann, the cases constructed by prosecutor Leon Jaworski (later to serve as the special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal) were founded more on racial prejudice than on evidence, but most of those charged were imprisoned anyway.
This year, the Leon Jaworski Public Program Series presented "The Jury and American Democracy," highlighting citizen engagement, at the U.
Another former leader of the ABA, Leon Jaworski, was appointed, and he vigorously prosecuted the case against Nixon, culminating in appeals to the Supreme Court.
 
 
 
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