Baron Rayner Goddard, KC GCB

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Baron Rayner Goddard, KC GCB

Birthdate:
Birthplace: United Kingdom
Death: May 29, 1971 (94)
Temple, London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles Goddard and Janet Gertrude Goddard
Husband of Marie Linda Goddard
Father of Private; Private and Private
Brother of Janet Mary Goddard

Occupation: Lord Chief Justice of The British Empire. Represented England at the Nuremburg Trials.
Managed by: Simon (v.ltd.availability) Goodman
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About Baron Rayner Goddard, KC GCB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayner_Goddard,_Baron_Goddard

He was the judge who passed the death sentence on Derek Bentley despite a recommendation from the jury for mercy. Years later Bentley was posthumously pardoned, partly owing to the work of forensic linguists from the University of Birmingham. It was found that Bentley's supposedly dictated statement was neither dictated, nor in his own words.

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Baron Rayner Goddard, KC GCB's Timeline

1877
April 10, 1877
United Kingdom
1971
May 29, 1971
Age 94
Temple, London, Greater London, United Kingdom