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3 unusual facts about Prentice Marshall


Prentice Marshall

In 1959, Marshall, then a resident of Wheaton, Illinois, ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for state's attorney in DuPage County, a Republican stronghold.

During his tenure on the bench, Marshall became known—by his own admission—as an activist judge, ordering the Chicago Police Department in 1976 to hire women and stop discrimination against black and Hispanic officers.

Marshall died of cardiac pulmonary failure and bladder cancer on May 24, 2004 in Ponce Inlet, Florida.



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