John H. Wood Jr.
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John Howland Wood Jr. was an American lawyer and judge from Texas. He served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas in 1970 until his a
John wood official portrait
Richard J. Daronco
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Richard Joseph Daronco was an American lawyer and judge. Born in New York City, he studied at Providence College and Albany Law School before serving for several years in the United States Army. Daron
John H. Wood Jr.
…the judge. Wood's killing was the first assassination of a federal judge in the 20th century. Two other federal judges were assassinated in the 1980s, Richard J. Daronco in 1988 and Robert Smith Vance in 1989. President Jimmy Carter described his assassination as "an assault on our very system of justice." On 30 June…
Richard J. Daronco Westchester County Courthouse
The memorial plaque for Daronco at the Pelham Town House