J. Miller Leavy
J. Miller Leavy (August 12, 1905, Tucson, Arizona - January 1, 1995, Eagle Rock, California) was an American lawyer who achieved fame for prosecuting several high-profile cases as a
death penalty convictions, which led to the executions of twelve men and one woman by gas chamber.[1]
A graduate of the
Academy Award winning film I Want to Live! (1958). In 1957 Leavy made legal history when he became the first prosecutor in the United States to obtain a murder conviction on purely circumstantial evidence with his case against Robert Leonard Ewing Scott.[2] He was portrayed by actor Linden Chiles in the 1976 television film Helter Skelter about Charles Manson.[3]
References
- ^ a b Myrna Oliver and Ted Rohrlich (January 5, 1995). "Obituary : J. Miller Leavy; Legendary Prosecutor". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "J. Miller Leavy, 89; Prosecuted Celebrated Cases". The New York Times. January 7, 1995. p. A25.
- ISBN 9780918432803.
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