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Bob Bensing, Hero, Dies Suddenly

Loaded on June 15, 1998 published in Prison Legal News June, 1998, page 11
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Eulogies, Attorney Client. Location: Georgia.
The world lost a hero in the struggle for human rights on February 3, 1998. Southern Center for Human Rights lawyer Bob Bensing, 42, was returning to Atlanta, GA, from Valdosta State Prison after meeting with two prisoner plaintiffs. His car reportedly hydroplaned and crossed the median into oncoming traffic ...

 

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