Michael Musmanno, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michael Musmanno

United States admiral

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1897

Place of Birth: Stowe Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1968

Profession: judge, screenwriter, writer, lawyer, politician, military officer, author

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Michael Angelo Musmanno (April 7, 1897 – October 12, 1968) was an American jurist, politician, and naval officer.
Coming from an immigrant family, he started to work as a coal loader at the age of 14.
After serving in the United States Army in World War I, he obtained a law degree from Georgetown University.
For nearly two decades from the early 1930s, he served as a judge in courts of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Entering the United States Navy during World War II, he served in the military justice system.
After the war in 1946 he served as military governor of an occupied district in Italy.
Beginning in 1947, he served as a presiding judge for the Einsatzgruppen trial in US military court at Nuremberg. In 1951 he was elected as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, where he served until his death in 1968.
He set a record for the number of dissenting opinions filed.
In addition to his long judicial career and postwar contributions in Europe, he wrote sixteen books and many articles related to his court cases and professional career.
In his writing he expressed sympathy for working men and deep interest in the Italians in the United States. Viewed as a "maverick on the court", Musmanno was known for defending Sacco and Vanzetti, as well as for being anti-Communist, and for supporting civil rights.
At the time of his death he was regarded as "one of Pennsylvania's most respected and colorful figures".