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Line 59: − + + + − ===Recorder's Court Judge===+ − From 1923 to 1940, Murphy served as a Recorder's Court Judge. He presided over the famous Sweet murder trials - Dr. Ossian Sweet, an [[African-American]], had been charged with the murder of a white man who was shot outside of his home. (Sweet was acquitted after a second trial.) Gary Maveal of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law noted that "Murphy’s fairness to the prosecution and defense was remarkable; his fairness to the defendant was unique for the times."<ref name="maveal">{{cite web|author=Gary Maveal|publisher=Michigan Bar|title=Michigan Lawyers in History--Justice Frank Murphy, Michigan’s Leading Citizen|url=http://www.michbar.org/journal/article.cfm?articleID=42&volumeID=6|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
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==As a Politician==
==As a Politician==
===Mayor of Detroit===
===Mayor of Detroit===
Murphy became Mayor of Detroit during the first years of the [[Great Depression]].<ref name="bak"/><ref name="maveal">{{cite web|author=Gary Maveal|publisher=Michigan Bar|title=Michigan Lawyers in History--Justice Frank Murphy, Michigan’s Leading Citizen|url=http://www.michbar.org/journal/article.cfm?articleID=42&volumeID=6|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref> Murphy combatted this reality by convincing industrialists to turn over their factories to be converted to boardinghouses for the homeless, and allowed delinquent property owners to pay their taxes over a seven-year period.<ref name="bak"/> Murphy set up apple vendors - where the elderly or handicapped bought apples for 2 cents, and then resold them for a nickel - at the program’s peak, 650 Detroiters were supporting their families by selling apples.<ref name="bak"/>
===Governor of Michigan===
===Governor of Michigan===
==Career in law==
==Career in law==
===U.S. Attorney Eastern District of Michigan===
===U.S. Attorney Eastern District of Michigan===
Murphy served as a United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1919-1922. He won all but one of the cases he prosecuted.
Murphy served as a United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1919-1922. He won all but one of the cases he prosecuted.<ref name="bak"/>
===Recorder's Court Judge===
From 1923 to 1940, Murphy served as a Recorder's Court Judge. He presided over the famous Sweet murder trials - Dr. Ossian Sweet, an [[African-American]], had been charged with the murder of a white man who was shot outside of his home. (Sweet was acquitted after a second trial.) Gary Maveal of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law noted that "Murphy’s fairness to the prosecution and defense was remarkable; his fairness to the defendant was unique for the times."<ref name="maveal"/>
Murphy changed the bail system so that the poor could more easily make bond and established an independent traffic court.
===Attorney General===
===Attorney General===