Leonard Weinglass [SEP] cause of death
, Weinglass continued to take on cases. He saw no reason to stop: ""the typical call I get is the one that starts by saying 'You are the fifth attorney we've called'. Then I get interested.""
Death.
Leonard Weinglass died on March 23, 2011, aged 78, from pancreatic cancer, in New York City.
Awards.
- 1974: First recipient of the Clarence Darrow Award.
- 1980: Humanitarian Award for 1980 of the First Unitarian Church
years and 10 months. On December 8, 2009, Ramón Labañino and Fernando González's sentences were reduced to 30 years and to 17 years and 9 months, respectively.
Arrests, convictions and sentences Appeals Plans for a 2010 appeal.
In June 2010 Cuban Five defense lawyer Leonard Weinglass was preparing to file a new round of appeals that would include evidence of U.S. government payments to journalists who later authored negative articles before and during the original trial of the Cuban Five. Weinglass died on March 23, 2011. Following the death