Justice and the Tax Trial of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. faced tax evasion charges in Alabama in 1960. His acquittal—and the lawyers who defended him—offer a powerful lesson about justice.
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Why Justice Matters: Remembering Martin Luther King's Tax Trial
When Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen took over the reins of the embattled agency last year, he acknowledged that a loss of confidence in the agency was a challenge, telling an audience at the National Press Club: In moving the IRS forward, one of the most important things we have to do is…