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Ideologies / Civil Libertarian / Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1857–1938 · United States · Defense attorney

Clarence Darrow

Attorney for the damned

Liberty of conscience in the courtroom.

Reformist Civil Libertarian →
Economic+38
SocialistMarket
Governance−30
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Social+55
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The legendary defence attorney whose courtroom battles — from the Scopes 'Monkey Trial' to opposing the death penalty — championed liberty of conscience against state moralism.

social

Progressive on science, free thought and criminal-justice mercy.

economic

Sympathetic to labour within a market society.

governance

Defended individuals against the moralising state.

Notable for
  • The Scopes 'Monkey Trial'
  • Opposed capital punishment
  • Civil-liberties defence
free-thoughtdefense-lawconscience
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