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Name: Michael A. Musmanno  
   
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Date of Birth: 7th April 1897
   
Place of Birth: Stowe Township, Pennsylvania, USA
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
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Michael Angelo Musmanno (April 7, 1887-October 12, 1968) was an United States jurist, politician, and military officer.

Musmanno was born in Stowe Township, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

He served as a Pennsylvania State Legislator.

Appellate attorney for Sacco and Vanzetti.

Rose to the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. Served as a regional military governor of the Sorrentine Peninsula in Italy during the Allied occupation.

He was presiding judge at the Einsatzgruppen Trial of the International Military Tribunal (and a member of the court during the Milch Trial and the Pohl Trial) during the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials.

Musmanno was a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1952 to 1968.

Witness in Jerusalem against Adolf Eichmann.

Musmanno is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Education

Musmanno held earned degrees from eight universities.

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