Henry Menasco Wade (November 11, 1914 - March 1, 2001) was a Texas lawyer who served as Dallas District Attorney from 1951 to 1987. Thus, he participated in two of the most famous US court cases of the 20th century. 20: Jack Ruby's prosecution for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, and the US Supreme Court ruling approves an abortion, Roe v. Wade . In addition, Wade was the District Attorney when Randall Dale Adams, the subject of the documentary Thin Blue Line, was found guilty in the murder of Robert Wood, a Dallas police officer.
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Wade, one of eleven children, was born in Rockwall County, Texas, outside Dallas. A good student, Wade, along with five of his seven brothers, enters the legal profession. Shortly after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, in 1939, Wade joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation, headed by J. Edgar Hoover. Wade's job as a Special Agent is to investigate espionage cases along the East Coast of the US and in South America. During World War II, Wade served in the US Navy, taking part in the invasion of the Philippines and Okinawa.
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Careers
He was first elected as the Rockwall District Attorney. In 1947, Wade joined the Dallas County Procuratorate's Office. He won the election for the top job only four years later, a position he would hold for 36 years, until his retirement in 1987.
1956 congressional election
Wade was a failed Democrat candidate in 1956 against a staunchly conservative Republican Representative, Bruce Alger of Dallas County. Alger won to win both of the five home requirements, 102,380 (55.6 percent) to 81,705 (44.4 percent). After his defeat, Wade remains a district attorney for 30 years.
Kennedy Assassination
In the afternoon of November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in downtown Dallas, just blocks from Wade's office in the Dallas County Courthouse.
Wade lost the opportunity to try Lee Harvey Oswald for Kennedy's killing when Dallas nightclub operator Jack Ruby shot the suspect just two days later, but he became nationally known for suing Ruby for Oswald's murder. Wade was closely watched by Ruby's trial, but he appointed his assistant, William Alexander, to conduct the proceedings.
Wade and Alexander confronted Ruby's lawyer, renowned court attorney Melvin Belli and Texas counselor Joe Tonahill in a lengthy trial that ended on March 14, 1964, with a verdict for Ruby "guilty of murder with crime." The jury has been negotiating for less than three hours before arriving at his decision, and it recommends the death penalty.
Roe v. Wade
Wade, as Dallas District Attorney, was the defendant named when lawyers Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee stuck to the constitutional challenge of 1970 to a Texas criminal law prohibiting doctors from aborting. Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe"), a single woman, is registered as a representative plaintiff. The challenge is seeking both a declarative verdict that Texas criminal abortion laws are unconstitutional in their face and the order of holding the defendant from enforcing the law. The lower court refused to give Roe the order he wanted but declared the criminal abortion law to be void.
Both sides make a cross appeal. This case succeeded in the appeals process, culminating in the 1973 Supreme Court decision. Roe v. Wade that makes legal abortions in the United States.
Next life
Despite the loss of Roe v. Wade and his unpopularity with conservative voters, Wade himself is not to blame, and his political career is not suffering. He continued to serve in the office for an additional 14 years, and he remained equipment around the Crowley Courts Building, where the Dallas Bar members called him "Chief." In 1995, Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center was named in his honor, and in 2000, shortly before his death from Parkinson's disease, the Texas Lawyer magazine named it one of 102 most influential lawyers on the 20th century.
Legacy
Wade once again gained national attention in 1988 with the release of the documentary Errol Morris The Thin Blue Line . This documentary tells the story of Randall Dale Adams's conviction in 1977 for the murder of Robert Wood, a Dallas police officer. Adams was sentenced to death for the crime. The execution was scheduled for May 8, 1979, but US Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., booked to stay only three days before the scheduled date. Instead of conducting a new trial, Governor Bill Clements changed Adams's sentence to life imprisonment. Adams was released in 1988, after serving 12 years in prison. A case of equally freed men has recently emerged, placing the legality of Wade's questionable practice.
In July 2008, fifteen people were convicted during Wade's time as Dallas District Attorneys were released from crimes they alleged in light of new DNA evidence. Because of the culture of the department to "punish by all means," it is alleged that the more innocent people have been imprisoned wrongly or even executed. Project Innocence Texas currently has more than 250 cases under investigation.
References
External links
- Wolfgang Saxon (March 2, 2001). "Henry Wade, Attorney in National Spotlight, Died at the age of 86". The New York Times . Retrieved May 11, 2008 .
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