Draft:John C. Young (judge)
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John C. Young (judge) (1886 – January 23, 1981)[1] was an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1935 to 1945, and thereafter served as a judge in the Nuremberg trials.
"Young was elected to the Supreme Court in 1935 as a Democrat and served 10 years. He was chief justice during his last three years on the court. President Harry S Truman appointed him to the International Tribunal in 1947 and during his year in Nuremberg he presided over the trial of 13 war criminals".[1]
Young died at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the age of 94.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Former Chief Justice Dies", The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (January 25, 1981), p. 3.
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