Leo A Rover (1888-1960)
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Leo A Rover was born on August 15, 1888 and passed away November 11, 1960 at 72 years old. During the McCarthy era, Rover served as U.S. Attorney representing Washington D.C. and pursued increasing prosecution of cases against gay individuals for moral or indecency charges.
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US Attorney Leo Rover, for D.C., fights to raise conviction rate for "homosexuals" (April 1954)
- The Evening Star reports of a convicted man during a period which US Attorney Leo Rover describes as "a very low percentage of police court convictions in cases involving homosexuals" (April 1, 1954).
- The Evening Star reports that Judge Armond W. Scott refuses to hear a case until a memorandum is studied; "the case came after... sharp commentaries on the trials of suspected homosexuals" (April 5, 1954).
- The Evening Star reports the United States Attorney representing Washington D.C. "took another step in his fight to raise the conviction rate in homosexual cases" (May 7, 1954).
