bill knapps filed for bankruptcy on may 21, 2002.
bill knapps filed for bankruptcy on may 21, 2002.
when did bill knapps file for bankruptcy?
may 21, 2002
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after graduating from harvard in 1826, rantoul began studying law in salem, massachusetts under the tutelage of john pickering and later under the hon. leverett saltonstall. in 1829, rantoul was admitted to the massachusetts state bar. in 1830, rantoul took his first case: the defense of one knapps for the murder of one mr. white, a wealthy and well-liked man from salem. rantoul's decision to defend knapps was unpopular amongst the citizens of salem, and rantoul knew it. public feelings toward the accused in salem at that time were particularly negative and hostile. this unhappy state of affairs, made rantoul all the more resolute in his decision to provide counsel to knapps; rantoul "felt in every way the unjust and sickening effects of this excited state of feeling in the public; an excitement which he regarded not only as hostile to the accused, but to the calmness and the fairness of judicial proceedings, in a case of life and death." rantoul's decision to defend knapps under these circumstances was in many ways symbolic of the type of dedication to fairness and justice that would characterize the remainder of rantoul's career. unfortunately, the decision also came at a cost: for his role in the defense of knapps, rantoul lost many friends, earned widespread public ire, and was ultimately forced to leave salem.
robert rantoul jr.