["Ken Thompson, who recently died at 50 of cancer, made history in 2013 when he became the first African American to be elected Brooklyn District Attorney. Thompson's enduring legacy includes the formation of a Conviction Review Unit which overturned \nthe wrongful imprisonment of 21 people, winning national applause and attention.\nHe won international notice in private practice when he represented a hotel housekeeper who alleged she was sexually assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund. Strauss-Kahn was poised to run for President of France.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "Ken Thompson, who recently died at 50 of cancer, made history in 2013 when he became the first African American to be elected Brooklyn District Attorney. Thompson's enduring legacy includes the formation of a Conviction Review Unit which overturned the wrongful imprisonment of 21 people, winning national applause and attention. He won international notice in private practice when he represented a hotel housekeeper who alleged she was sexually assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund. Strauss-Kahn was poised to run for President of France.")])]
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