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NBC Evening News for Tuesday, Nov 27, 1984
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REPORTER: Tom Brokaw

(Tallahassee, Florida) Legal secretary Rosemary Furman's battle with legal establishment, resulting in jail sentence for practicing without a license, reviewed. [FURMAN - criticizes attys.] [October 10, 1983, JUDGE - sentences Furman.] Suspension of her jail sentence reported [Florida Bar Association president Gerald RICHMAN - attacks Furman.] [FURMAN - responds.] [Attorney Alan MORRISON - notes his client will stop legal business] [Governor Bob GRAHAM - explains repealing sentence.] [FURMAN - has sold story to Warner Bros.] Jean Stapleton said portraying her.
REPORTER: Carl Stern

Reporter(s):
Brokaw, Tom;
Stern, Carl
Duration:
00:02:00

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