MANHATTAN – Leonard Weinglass, defense lawyer for progressive causes, died here Wednesday at 77 of pancreatic cancer. Among his many prominent cases, Weinglass defended the Chicago Seven in a raucous trial as the ’60s ended, and defended Daniel Ellsberg for leaking the Pentagon Papers.
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