Slain attorney Chiquita Tate was such a believer in the legal system that she had a tattoo of Lady Justice on her back, college friend T. J. Crawford recalled.
"She just had an attachment to justice and doing what's right by people. She was always very serious about that," said Crawford, a teacher and community organizer in Chicago, Illinois.
But Tate, described by colleagues as a tenacious defense attorney who fought for her clients, could not save herself.
Family members and friends in Chicago; Atlanta, Georgia, and Tate's adopted home -- tiny Baker, Louisiana -- are reeling from the grisly details of Tate's slaying, and police say it was at the hands of her husband, Greg Harris. They had been married about 14½ months...
Lawyer stabbed 38 times; husband held
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2 comments:
Thanks for the visit to my spot.
What an interesting blog. Very sad and frightening to see so many Domestic violence stories in one spot, but an interesting blog.
Thanks for stopping by as well. Believe me, I can't even begin to keep all of this updated.
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