1/Saddened to have learned of passing of former Baltimore City Circuit Court Chief Judge Joseph H.H. Kaplan (1936-2021), who presided over our litigation trial to exhume remains of #JohnWilkesBooth back in 1995.
baltimoresun.com/obituaries/bs-…
baltimoresun.com/obituaries/bs-…
2/Effort received great deal of publicity, including half-page story in @nytimes.
@washingtonpost, #WashingtonTimes & @baltimoresun covered five day trial every day.
nytimes.com/1995/05/12/us/…
@washingtonpost, #WashingtonTimes & @baltimoresun covered five day trial every day.
nytimes.com/1995/05/12/us/…
3/Although he ruled against effort, he was consummate professional. I appreciated how he dealt w/me as very young lawyer (just 3 years out of school) who was handling first trial totally on own. As Chief Judge he specifically assigned case to himself as he was Civil War buff.
4/On science, I would say we won trial. On history, we lost. I would have handled case differently today & sorry to say same questions remain actively debated.
nytimes.com/1995/05/27/us/…
nytimes.com/1995/05/27/us/…
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