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Austin Cooper (lawyer)

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Austin Cooper (1930 – 24 September 2013) was a Canadian criminal lawyer. His cases include defending Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards in the 1970s for heroin possession and Susan Nelles, a nurse who was accused of murdering babies during a spree of deaths at a Toronto hospital. He was a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School.[1]

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  1. ^ News / GTA (October 10, 2014). "Obituary: Austin Cooper, lawyer in Susan Nelles case, remembered for integrity and professionalism". Toronto Star. Retrieved 10 October 2014.