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Ramsey Clark, former attorney general and rebel with a cause, dies at 93
By Douglas Martin New York Times,Updated April 10, 2021, 4:44 p.m.
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Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark in 1974.JACK MANNING/NYT
Ramsey Clark, who championed civil rights and liberties as attorney general in the Johnson administration, then devoted much of the rest of his life to defending unpopular causes and infamous people, including Saddam Hussein and others accused of war crimes, died Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93.
His niece Sharon Welch announced the death.
In becoming the nationâs top law enforcement official, Mr. Clark was part of an extraordinary father-and-son trade-off in the federal halls of power. His appointment prompted his father, Justice Tom C. Clark, to resign from the US Supreme Court to avoid the appearance of any conflict of interest involving cases in which the federal government might come before that bench.
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