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21Mar
2016

This Week in History – Alcatraz Penitentiary Closed

On this day in 1963, Alacatraz, the most secure prison and symbol of American justice across the nation closed down for good — heading into its retirement as a tourist hot-spot and Hollywood film set. Photo: The last ...

14Mar
2016

This Week in History – Jack Ruby Found Guilty

Photo: Lee Harvey Oswald being killed by Jack Ruby (Source: Associated Press). West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On March 13, 1868 ...

07Mar
2016

This Week in History – Gorbachev Selected to Lead Soviet Union

Mikhail Gorbachev’s  efforts to democratize his country’s political system and decentralize its economy led to the downfall of communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. Photo: Gorbachev and President ...

29Feb
2016

This Week in History – Civil Rights Act of 1875

Featured Photo: Civil Rights Act of 1875 Declared Unconstitutional. In 1883, The United States Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Rights act of 1875, forbidding discrimination in hotels, trains, and other public spaces, was ...

22Feb
2016

This Week in History – The Battle of Iwo Jima

Featured Photo, Above: Photographer Joe Rosenthal snapping a posed shot minutes after taking the most reproduced photograph in the history of photography. The foot of Mt. Suribachi is in the background.  (Source: USMC ...

15Feb
2016

This Week in History – Women Permitted to Argue Before Supreme Court

Photo: Belva Lockwood. On March 3, 1879, Belva Lockwood was sworn in as the first woman lawyer able to practice before the United States Supreme Court, and in 1880, she actually argued a case, Kaiser v. Stickney, before the ...

08Feb
2016

This Week in History – Beatles Arrive in New York

On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at New York’s Kennedy Airport. (Source: Creative Commons) West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of ...

01Feb
2016

This Week in History – First US Supreme Court Session

Panorama of United States Supreme Court Building at Dusk (Source: Creative Commons) West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On February 1, ...

25Jan
2016

This Week in History – Charles Manson Convicted of Murder

On  January 26, 1971, Charles Manson was given the death sentence for conspiracy to commit murder. His death was automatically commuted to life imprisonment when California got rid of the death penalty. West Palm Beach ...

22Jan
2016

Separating Fact from Fiction in “Making A Murderer”

The Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer” is a 10-part series that tells the story of  Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man wrongfully convicted of sexual assault in 1985. Avery served 18 years in prison, only to be accused, ...