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{{Short description|American lawyer (1920–2020)}} |
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| name = Irving Kanarek |
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| birth_name = Irving Allan Kanarek |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|05|12}} |
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| birth_place = [[Seattle, Washington]], U.S. |
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| death_date = {{dda|2020|09|02|1920|05|12}} |
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| death_place = [[Garden Grove, California]], U.S. |
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| occupation = Criminal lawyer & aerospace engineer |
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| known_for = Representing defendants such as cult leader [[Charles Manson]] and kidnapper [[Jimmy Lee Smith]] |
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| notable_works = Invented a [[corrosion inhibitor]] for [[Red fuming nitric acid|Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid]] for the Army's [[Project Nike]] |
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'''Irving Allan Kanarek''' (May 12, 1920<ref name="parsons">{{cite news|last=Parsons|first=Dana|title=Barred From World He Loved, Just Getting By Is a Trial|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, CA|date=October 25, 1998|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-25-me-36102-story.html|access-date=September 28, 2009}}</ref> – September 2, 2020) was an [[aerospace engineer]] and a [[criminal defense attorney]], best known for representing defendants such as [[Charles Manson]] and [[Jimmy Lee Smith]]. |
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==Background== |
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'''Irving Kanarek''' (born 1917) is a retired criminal defense attorney best known for representing [[Charles Manson]] and [[The Onion Field|"Onion Field"]] killer Jimmy Lee Smith. |
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Kanarek was born in [[Seattle]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|author-link=Robert D. McFadden|date=2020-09-03|title=Irving Kanarek, Lawyer Who Defended Charles Manson, Dies at 100|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/us/irving-kanarek-dead.html|access-date=2020-09-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> His first career was as an [[aerospace engineer]] working for [[North American Aviation]] (NAA), where he invented a [[corrosion inhibitor]] for [[Red fuming nitric acid|Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid]] for the Army's [[Project Nike]].<ref>{{cite book|title=History of liquid propellant rocket engines|first=George Paul|last=Sutton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s1C9Oo2I4VYC&q=Irving+A.+Kanarek+nitric&pg=PA40|publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|location=Reston, Virginia|year=2006|page=40|isbn=978-1-56347-649-5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite patent|country=US|number=2760845|invent1=Irving A. Kanarek|invent2=Paul E. Friebertshauser|pubdate=1956-08-28|title=Stabilized Fuming Nitric Acid}}</ref> |
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In 1954, while employed as a chemical engineer for North American Aviation, Kanarek had his security clearance revoked by the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] on [[McCarthyism|suspicion of communist associations]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/us/irving-kanarek-dead.html|title = Irving Kanarek, Lawyer Who Defended Charles Manson, Dies at 100|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 3 September 2020|last1 = McFadden|first1 = Robert D.}}</ref> He successfully sued for reinstatement of the clearance and back pay.<ref>{{cite web|title=Irving A. Kanarek v. The United States|year=1963|volume=F2d|issue=314|page=802|url=http://openjurist.org/314/f2d/802/kanarek-v-united-states|access-date=October 29, 2011}}</ref> He attended the [[University of Washington]] as an undergraduate and later [[Loyola Law School]]. He was admitted to the [[California Bar]] in 1957.<ref name=calbar>{{cite web|title=Attorney Search|publisher=State Bar of California|url=http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_detail.aspx?x=28122|access-date=September 28, 2009}}</ref> He married, fathered two daughters, and later divorced. |
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==Education== |
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Kanarek's first career was as an aerospace engineer working for [[North American Aviation]], where he invented [[RFNA|Red Fuming Nitric Acid]] for the Army's [[Project Nike]]. He was eventually fired from NAA after leaving a briefcase full of secret documents at a bar in Los Angeles. It was this experience that prompted him to study law and become an attorney, although Kanarek had hoped to resume his career in aerospace. (Source: US Army archives, interview with former co-worker Mary Sherman) {{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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A mental breakdown in 1989 led the Bar to suspend his law license.<ref name="parsons"/> |
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Kanarek attended the [[University of Washington]] as an undergraduate and [[Loyola Marymount University|Loyola University, Los Angeles]] School of Law. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1957.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} |
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==Legal tactics== |
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According to Tate-LaBianca prosecutor [[Vincent Bugliosi]], Kanarek was legendary in Los Angeles courts for his dilatory, obstructionist tactics. In his book ''[[Helter Skelter (book)|Helter Skelter]] |
According to [[Sharon Tate|Tate]]-[[Leno and Rosemary LaBianca|LaBianca]] [[prosecutor]] [[Vincent Bugliosi]], Kanarek was legendary in [[Los Angeles]] courts for his dilatory, obstructionist tactics. In his book, ''[[Helter Skelter (book)|Helter Skelter]]'', Bugliosi claimed Kanarek, in a different case, had once objected to a witness identifying himself: Kanarek claimed that the witness's name was hearsay because the witness had first heard it from his mother.<ref name=helter>Bugliosi page 549</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2024}} |
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In the Tate-LaBianca trial, Kanarek objected nine times during opening statements, despite continuous censure by Judge [[Charles Older]]. During a later objection, he called witness [[Linda Kasabian]] insane, and by the third day of the trial, he had objected more than 200 times. |
In the Tate-LaBianca trial, Kanarek objected nine times during [[opening statements]], despite continuous censure by Judge [[Charles Older]]. During a later objection, he called witness [[Linda Kasabian]] insane, and by the third day of the trial, he had objected more than 200 times. Bugliosi, also wrote of Kanarek as opposing counsel during the Manson case saying: "The press focused on his bombast and missed his effectiveness. He fought as if he were personally on trial."{{sfn|Bugliosi|Gentry|1974|p=340}} During the course of the trial he was jailed twice by Judge Older for [[contempt of court]]. In his summation, Bugliosi dubbed Kanarek "the [[Arturo Toscanini|Toscanini]] of Tedium".<ref name="helter" />{{failed verification|date=June 2024}} |
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Kanarek believed fiercely in the constitutional [[right to counsel]], and that everyone was entitled to their day in court. He said: "I would defend a client who I knew was guilty of horrific crimes. They have to be proved guilty. I've had cases where people were guilty as hell but they couldn't prove it. And if they can't prove it, he's not guilty. In that case, the person walks free. That's American justice."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/jun/27/lawyers-defended-toughest-cases-charles-manson-jon-venables-ted-bundy-charles-ng|title = Defending the indefensible? Lawyers on representing clients accused of nightmarish crimes| website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date = 27 June 2014}}</ref> |
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However, Bugliosi also felt Kanarek was the most effective of all the defense attorneys in the Tate-LaBianca trial. Kanarek frequently scored points and kept vital evidence out of the trial. According to Bugliosi, Kanarek fought as if he personally were on trial.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} |
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==Later life and death== |
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Kanarek also represented Jimmy Lee Smith in an earlier trial. He spent 12 and a half months on pre-trial motions and an additional two months trying to pick a jury. A year and a half after Kanarek had taken the case, the trial hadn't even started. Annoyed at Kanarek for the delay, Smith fired him (ostensibly because the lawyer did not understand representing a black man).{{Fact|date=March 2008}} |
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Throughout his later life, Kanarek lived in [[Orange County, California]]. He spent his last years at a care facility in [[Garden Grove, California]], and died there on September 2, 2020, at the age of 100.<ref name=":0" /> |
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===Legacy=== |
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In November 2008, a stage play premiered at [[Caltech]] in [[Pasadena, California]], entitled ''Rocket Girl'', about the life of [[Mary Sherman Morgan]], a former co-worker of Kanarek at [[North American Aviation]]. The play was written by her son, George D. Morgan. The character of Kanarek appears throughout most of the play. The play was later turned into a book of the same name.<ref>[http://www.georgedmorgan.com ''Rocket Girl''], georgedmorgan.com; accessed March 18, 2017.</ref> |
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In November 1989, Kanarek was admitted to the [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services|Harbor-UCLA Medical Center]] for psychiatric treatment. While Kanarek was there, a judge found in favor of two of his former clients who had sued him for breach of contract, fraud and malpractice. Later it was revealed that the plaintiff's attorneys had sued Kanarek knowing that he would be unable to defend himself in court. After leaving the hospital, Kanarek appealed the judgments against him and was awarded monetary damages. As a result of this decision, it is now forbidden to commence and continue a lawsuit against individuals while knowing they are incapacitated.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} |
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==References== |
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Kanarek resigned from the California State Bar in 1990,[http://www.calbar.org] and currently lives in southern California, supported by family and friends.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} |
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=== Notes === |
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*{{cite book|last1=Bugliosi|first1=Vincent|last2=Gentry|first2=Curt|title=Helter Skelter|publisher=Bantam Books|year=1974|location=USA|isbn=0553022229}} |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/manson/mansonothers.html#Irving The Charles Manson Trial: Other Key Figures] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020804022431/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/manson/mansonothers.html#Irving The Charles Manson Trial: Other Key Figures] |
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*[https://www.abanet.org/genpractice/lawyer/complete/w98paskind.html American Bar Association ''The Compleat Lawyer'' article on Kanarek] |
*[https://www.abanet.org/genpractice/lawyer/complete/w98paskind.html American Bar Association ''The Compleat Lawyer'' article on Kanarek] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219035505/https://www.abanet.org/genpractice/lawyer/complete/w98paskind.html |date=2006-02-19 }} |
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*[http://www.charliemanson.com/news-archive/news-1998-10-25.htm ''LA Times'' story on Kanarek] |
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Latest revision as of 00:26, 14 December 2024
Irving Kanarek | |
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 Irving Kanarek | |
| Born | Irving Allan Kanarek May 12, 1920 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | September 2, 2020 (aged 100) Garden Grove, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Criminal lawyer & aerospace engineer |
| Known for | Representing defendants such as cult leader Charles Manson and kidnapper Jimmy Lee Smith |
| Notable work | Invented a corrosion inhibitor for Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid for the Army's Project Nike |
Irving Allan Kanarek (May 12, 1920[1] – September 2, 2020) was an aerospace engineer and a criminal defense attorney, best known for representing defendants such as Charles Manson and Jimmy Lee Smith.
Background
[edit]Kanarek was born in Seattle.[2] His first career was as an aerospace engineer working for North American Aviation (NAA), where he invented a corrosion inhibitor for Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid for the Army's Project Nike.[3][4]
In 1954, while employed as a chemical engineer for North American Aviation, Kanarek had his security clearance revoked by the Air Force on suspicion of communist associations.[5] He successfully sued for reinstatement of the clearance and back pay.[6] He attended the University of Washington as an undergraduate and later Loyola Law School. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1957.[7] He married, fathered two daughters, and later divorced.
A mental breakdown in 1989 led the Bar to suspend his law license.[1]
Legal tactics
[edit]According to Tate-LaBianca prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, Kanarek was legendary in Los Angeles courts for his dilatory, obstructionist tactics. In his book, Helter Skelter, Bugliosi claimed Kanarek, in a different case, had once objected to a witness identifying himself: Kanarek claimed that the witness's name was hearsay because the witness had first heard it from his mother.[8][failed verification]
In the Tate-LaBianca trial, Kanarek objected nine times during opening statements, despite continuous censure by Judge Charles Older. During a later objection, he called witness Linda Kasabian insane, and by the third day of the trial, he had objected more than 200 times. Bugliosi, also wrote of Kanarek as opposing counsel during the Manson case saying: "The press focused on his bombast and missed his effectiveness. He fought as if he were personally on trial."[9] During the course of the trial he was jailed twice by Judge Older for contempt of court. In his summation, Bugliosi dubbed Kanarek "the Toscanini of Tedium".[8][failed verification]
Kanarek believed fiercely in the constitutional right to counsel, and that everyone was entitled to their day in court. He said: "I would defend a client who I knew was guilty of horrific crimes. They have to be proved guilty. I've had cases where people were guilty as hell but they couldn't prove it. And if they can't prove it, he's not guilty. In that case, the person walks free. That's American justice."[10]
Later life and death
[edit]Throughout his later life, Kanarek lived in Orange County, California. He spent his last years at a care facility in Garden Grove, California, and died there on September 2, 2020, at the age of 100.[2]
Legacy
[edit]In November 2008, a stage play premiered at Caltech in Pasadena, California, entitled Rocket Girl, about the life of Mary Sherman Morgan, a former co-worker of Kanarek at North American Aviation. The play was written by her son, George D. Morgan. The character of Kanarek appears throughout most of the play. The play was later turned into a book of the same name.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Parsons, Dana (October 25, 1998). "Barred From World He Loved, Just Getting By Is a Trial". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ^ a b McFadden, Robert D. (2020-09-03). "Irving Kanarek, Lawyer Who Defended Charles Manson, Dies at 100". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ Sutton, George Paul (2006). History of liquid propellant rocket engines. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-56347-649-5.
- ^ US 2760845, Irving A. Kanarek & Paul E. Friebertshauser, "Stabilized Fuming Nitric Acid", published 1956-08-28
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (3 September 2020). "Irving Kanarek, Lawyer Who Defended Charles Manson, Dies at 100". The New York Times.
- ^ "Irving A. Kanarek v. The United States". 1963. p. 802. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ "Attorney Search". State Bar of California. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ^ a b Bugliosi page 549
- ^ Bugliosi & Gentry 1974, p. 340.
- ^ "Defending the indefensible? Lawyers on representing clients accused of nightmarish crimes". TheGuardian.com. 27 June 2014.
- ^ Rocket Girl, georgedmorgan.com; accessed March 18, 2017.
Notes
[edit]- Bugliosi, Vincent; Gentry, Curt (1974). Helter Skelter. USA: Bantam Books. ISBN 0553022229.