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Jul. 9, 1996

Judge Ronald M. Christianson

Ronald M. Christianson sat in a steamy courtroom in the heart of the Bible Belt and watched breathlessly as Adam and Eve and evolution stood trial in the 1920s.
"Inherit The Wind," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "12 Angry Men" were the dramatic films that tugged at the imagination of the shy, studious boy.
From red-cushioned theater chairs and his living room floor, a teen-age Christianson would advise underdog prosecutors who faced f... (continued)

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