The Boston Globe, August 23rd, 1998
As the federal court moves from Post Office Square to a new building on the South Boston waterfront this weekend, it brings to mind the legacy of extraordinary judges, lawyers, and defendants who peopled the halls of the granite art deco building during the past 65 years. There was Judge Charles E. Wyzanski Jr., who once advised a defendant not to pay his lawyer because the lawyer was incompetent. And Teddy Greene, a cheeky bank robber who mailed judges postcards from his cell in Alcatraz: "Having a wonderful time. Wish you were here." And red-baiting Senator Joseph McCarthy, who was hailed by...
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