Jack Ainsworth

Sir Jack Sarrow Ainsworth (2 July 1935 - 19 March 2021) was a Jonathian lawyer and jurist who served as the Chief Justice of Jonathia from 1960 to his death in 2021. He had been described as having a socialist judicial philosophy, but had shown a willingness to work with the Supreme Court's conservative, liberal, and central blocs, and since the retirement of Benjamin King in 1960, had come to be regarded as a key swing vote on the Court.
Ainsworth presided over the impeachment trial of prime minister Fred Johnson in early 1962. Though he would end up acquitting Johnson, the drama caused by the trial placed Ainsworth firmly in the spotlight.
== Life ==
=== Chief Justice of Jonathia ===
left|thumb|104x104px|Ainsworth in 1959.
Ainsworth was elected Chief Justice of Jonathia on the 27th of February, 1960.
== Death and funeral ==
Between the days of August 2020 and his death, Ainsworth had been showing signs of illness. By the 17th, his kidneys had failed, confirming death as imminent. After two days of struggle, Ainsworth died at the Mayflower Hospital in Gelta City. His last known words were spoken to his hospital nurse, as a request for the window to be opened;"Window, please."Hours after speaking these words, Ainsworth fell into a coma and later flatlined.
Ainsworth lay in state in the Westwharf Palace from March 20 through March 22; he was the 23rd person ever to be given this honour. Then, on March 23, Ainsworth's casket was transferred from Jetzeburg to St. Green's Cathedral in Gelta City, where a state funeral was held. After the funeral, Ainsworth's body was transported to the Baywater National Cemetery in Wilbird, St. Gelta, where he was buried next to his wife Claire. At the funeral, his son Karl Ainsworth eulogized his father saying,"He found it in himself to defend the law, and he succeeded trying."
== Legacy ==
== See also ==
Category:Jack Ainsworth
Category:Supreme Court of Jonathia
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Category:Jurors
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Category:Jonathian people
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Category:Time Person of the Year