Posted on 10/10/2002 7:59:52 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
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1. David Wilentz was the Atty. General who prosecuted Bruno Hauptmann ( some say "railroaded" - there has always been some controversy ) in the Lindbergh kidnap case.
2. His son, Warren Wilentz, married Leon Hess' daughter -(That's the Leon Hess of Hess Oil Co.,a huge petro-chemical enterprise.)He became Middlesex County Prosecutor, then returned to private practice.
3. Another son, who died of cancer, became Chief Justice of the NJ Supreme Court. ( He is notable for overturning the death penalty in a case in which a parolee with a long history of violent crimes hammered spikes into the heads of his girlfriend's two young children. CJ Wilentz decided the prosecution had failed to prove murderous intent ! )
4. Barry Albin, a partner in the Wilentz firm, was appointed not long after Mc Greevey's election.
For those of you who are curious about our quaint folkways in the Garbage State, the Wilentz firm owns and occupies a huge building in Woodbridge Twp., near the intersection of Route 1 and the NJ Turnpike. It does a lot of corporate, civil, and criminal law - the latter quite often on behalf of assorted organized crime notables.The wealth and influence of this firm are almost beyond calculation.
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