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Tue Sep 15, 2020, 07:28 AM Sep 2020

SJC Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants, a fearless advocate for racial justice, dies at 65

Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants, whose determination to provide equal justice to all led him to commission a recent study of racial disparities in the court system, has died, the court announced Monday.

Justice Gants, the first Jewish chief justice in the court’s 328-year history, was 65 and had been hospitalized Sept. 4 following a heart attack.

“This is a tragedy,” said Margaret H. Marshall, a former SJC chief justice.

Governor Charlie Baker said in a statement that Justice Gants “led the Supreme Judicial Court with intelligence, integrity and distinction” and that “his legacy as a judge and as chief justice is profound, and he will be sorely missed.”

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/14/metro/sjc-chief-justice-ralph-d-gants-has-died/

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