John Carro

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John Carro (born August 24, 1927) is a former American judge. He served as a judge for 25 years and was involved in many high-profile cases. A New York Supreme Court Justice serving in the Appellate Division, where he served as an associate justice for the last 15 of his 25 years as a judge. After retirement from the bench in 1994, Carro founded Carro, Velez, Carro & Mitchell (now known as Carro, Carro & Mitchell), a private law firm in New York City. Carro is an ardent advocate for the Hispanic and Latino American community and human rights throughout the world, and has been a major leader in the founding and management of many bar groups, committees and legal and educational associations. He was described by _The New York Times _ as a "legendary Justice."

Contents

• 1 Early life and education

• 2 Early career

• 3 1964 investigation of the President Kennedy assassination

• 4 Legal experience and court appointments

• 5 Later career

• 6 Awards, honors and civic involvement

• 7 See also

• 8 Further reading

• 9 External links

• 10 References

Early life and education

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Carro was born in Orocovis, Puerto Rico , on August 21, 1927. His family moved to New York City in 1937 when he was 10 years old and he grew up in East Harlem . Carro graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in 1945. He served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1947 and later went on to serve in the United States Army Reserve until his honorable discharge as a First Lieutenant in 1949. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University in 1949 and his J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1952. Judge Carro attended one year at New York University 's School of Public Administration through the City Executive Program. In addition he received a Masters of Judicial Process from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1984.

Early career

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Growing up, Carro wanted to get social work experience. At the same time that he began law school in 1949, he began working as a social investigator for the city of New York. He continued in this position until 1952. After graduating from Brooklyn Law School in 1952, Carro worked as a probation officer in the Children's Division of the Domestic Relations Court until the fall of 1954. He worked as an officer with the New York City Police Department for one month, but then decided to resign. He preferred working with young people in a more direct, preventative way, before they committed a crime, were arrested and had to go to court. For this reason, he joined the New City Youth Board and worked with the council of Social and Athletic Clubs, otherwise known as the "street gang project" until 1958.

In 1956, while Carro was working with the New City Youth Board, he was admitted to practice law. That year John was appointed to the State Commission Against Discrimination, and he worked as a field representative for the next 4 years. From 1960 to 1961 he was the associate director for a joint private, city, state and federally -funded organization, known as Mobilization for Youth, developing youth programs.

Carro was appointed an Assistant to the Mayor Robert F. Wagner in 1960, remaining at this post until 1965. He was also Director of the Mayor's Information Center and the Mayor's liaison to social services agencies. Carro was the first Puerto Rican to serve as an Assistant to the Mayor in New York City, a position now known as Deputy Mayor .

1964 investigation of the President Kennedy assassination

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During his time serving in the Mayor's office, Carro was called as a witness during the investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy by the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA). His testimony was taken on April 16, 1964. Wesley J. Liebeler was the assistant counsel of the commission, which was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1963 and unofficially known as the Warren Commission .

Carro was called to testify regarding his knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald . When Carro was a probation officer, he had become acquainted with Oswald. In 1953, when Oswald was 13 years of age, Carro was assigned to the case after Oswald had been found guilty of truancy from school and was remanded to the Youth House. During the Warren investigation in 1964, Carro testified about his interactions with Oswald, his opinions on Oswald's mental and psychiatric state, and whether or not his childhood gave any indication that he would commit any violent act in the future, such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In 1967, Carro appeared on the CBS game show _To Tell the Truth _ in a subject concerning himself and his involvement of Oswald as a youngster.

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