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...should recognize that the interests of justice are not served by the execution of the innocent, and there can be no moral justification for a refusal to support sensible measures that would enable the wrongfully convicted to prove their innocence. In the words of the late Justice Harry A. Blackmun '29, "The execution of a person who can show that he is innocent comes perilously close to simple murder...
...conservative who defended civil liberties and championed the poor and oppressed and authored Roe v. Wade, which made abortion legal, for which he received reams of hate mail, much of which he read. He was a man possessed of integrity and kindness. Every day after lunch, JUSTICE HARRY BLACKMUN took a walk to clear his head. He went out alone, in his navy blue cardigan frayed at the sleeves and his old blue overcoat, walked around the block and, coming back to the Court, stopped to listen to the picketers who gathered daily to protest abortion, some carrying signs that...
...death of Justice Harry A. Blackmun '29 last week offers us a unique opportunity to reflect on the state of abortion rights. Before Blackmun drafted the Supreme Court's legendary Roe v. Wade decision, women died daily, victims of botched back-alley abortions. Virtually everyone knew someone--friend, sister, daughter or mother--who had an illegal abortion. Women who were allowed to have an abortion were made to sign a psychiatrist's note saying that they were suicidal...
...Blackmun was a frequent visitor to the campus.In 1982, he celebrated with friends at the 50thanniversary of his law school class. In June of1994, he delivered the Class Day remarks to theCollege. He called the Constitution "a documentaryhero that we should preserve and protect...
...Blackmun is survived by his wife, his daughtersNancy, Sally and Susan and five grandchildren