1. Terence Hallinan was an American attorney and politician from San Francisco, California.
27 Facts About Terence Hallinan
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Terence Hallinan was the second of six sons born to Progressive Party presidential candidate Vincent Hallinan and his wife, Vivian Hallinan.
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Terence Hallinan grew up in a 22-room mansion in Ross, California.
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Terence Hallinan was indicted in 1959 after he broke a man's jaw during a brawl at a Greenbrae bowling alley.
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Terence Hallinan engaged in fistfights at a Young Democrats meeting and over a woman while at UC Hastings.
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Terence Hallinan introduced evidence that his violent tendencies were the result of a thyroid deficiency.
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Terence Hallinan's mother testified that Hallinan became violent in response to the bullying caused by his father's vocal support of labor leaders during the Red Scare.
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California State Assemblymen Willie Brown and John L Burton both testified that Hallinan possessed good moral character.
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Terence Hallinan responded that he thought "it's an unfortunate thing" that more German lawyers did not disobey the Third Reich.
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Terence Hallinan appealed to the Supreme Court of California, and won.
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Janis Joplin's biographer alleges that Terence Hallinan almost died after the singer shot him up with heroin at her Noe Street apartment.
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In 1967, Terence Hallinan unsuccessfully represented Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey in a misdemeanor "disturbing the peace" case regarding LaVey's pet lion being kept in LaVey's home in a residential neighborhood.
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Terence Hallinan successfully defended the Diggers after they were arrested for giving away free food on the steps of San Francisco City Hall.
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Terence Hallinan unsuccessfully defended William Leonard Pickard for running an LSD laboratory in Mountain View, California and later used the DA office's official letterhead to personally recommend Pickard be bailed after being caught in the largest LSD bust in history.
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In 1975 Terence Hallinan quickly left the Patty Hearst defense team after they rejected his involuntary intoxication theory of the case.
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In 1988, Terence Hallinan left private practice for a political career, first serving for seven years on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and then as district attorney.
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In late 2014, Terence Hallinan was temporarily suspended by the State Bar of California for commingling his and a trust client's funds.
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On July 16,2018, when he was 81 years old, Terence Hallinan was suspended for failing to pass a professional responsibility exam and was henceforth not eligible to practice law.
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Terence Hallinan lost his first election campaign, for San Francisco District 5 Supervisor, to Harvey Milk in the 1977 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election.
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Terence Hallinan ran again in 1988 and this time won a seat on the board.
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Terence Hallinan successfully forced and won a runoff election for DA through a campaign run by his longtime aide Ross Mirkarimi.
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In 1999 Terence Hallinan was investigated for felony misappropriation of funds for a salary he paid out to his cousin.
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Terence Hallinan was a strong advocate on behalf of decriminalizing prostitution.
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When Diane Whipple was mauled to death by a dog, Terence Hallinan brought murder charges against its owners.
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Terence Hallinan was defeated in the next election for DA by Kamala Harris.
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When Harris took over in 2004, Terence Hallinan returned to private practice with his son, focusing almost exclusively on medical marijuana cases.
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Terence Hallinan's death was announced on January 17,2020, by San Francisco Mayor London Breed.