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SJC Chief Justice Ralph Gants Dies At 65

05:12

September 14, 2020

Chief Justice Ralph Gants of Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court has died. He suffered a heart attack earlier this month. He was 65.
The court announced his death in a statement this afternoon. We get reaction from WBUR legal analyst Nancy Gertner, who is also a retired federal judge and senior lecturer at Harvard Law School.

This segment aired on September 14, 2020.

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