Broome man jailed over blaze near nursing home Lawyer john marsden farewelled his client. On October 31, 1967, he was shot dead in the lobby of the police station. John was a good guy in prison. As long as you don't kill him. John was an accomplished prosecutor in a state where prosecutors didn't exist. Not for him.After two years in prison, John was released. His next destination: the federal justice system in Washington, D.C. He took office two years later as Chief Justice of the D.C. Circuit Court. As Chief Justice, he worked to keep the D.C. criminal justice system solvent while creating a new system within D.C., making use of state prisons and county jail. With so much attention on how things were going to be run in the D.C. Circuit when he started at the office, he received letters from the people that were worried for the District of Columbia if it fell behind on its obligations to pay fines and court costs as required under federal law. John saw his power come into play once again on May 22, 1974 when the D.C. Circuit Court convicted the owner of a small strip mall of stealing a quarter of a million dollars.The court fined the owner of the mall $13,000 for violating federal law. Not good. He was back for more as a district attorney in Maryland where he served on both the Maryland and D.C. General Asst. U.S. Magistrate Courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.In 1996, John served the remainder of his term in the Maryland Court of Appeals. He was succeeded by his deputy, Joseph O'Donnell. In December 2011, in anticipation of his impending death, the D.C. Circuit Court appointed John as U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia.Judge, you are my hero.When the D.C. Circuit Court asked John why he took on such a dangerous and important job, his answer was simple: The D.C. District would not have John if it weren't for me. As one of the most respected attorneys in the country, John had a proven track record as a prosecutor in Washington and the District of Columbia. I had known John since we were young, and by this point in my legal career, I was aware of the seriousness of John's work. I was a lawyer who believed in due process and had fought the war on drugs and organized crime, to name a few things. I could not have imagined that the justice system at its worst could fall into such corruption. But, it did.John and I were in the same office, where a lot of times, when cases came in, I would simply look at all the papers he was handling
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