Question: Facts: - imagesize: 250px - death place: monrovia , liberia - successor: emmanuel gbalazeh - death date: 22 april 1980 - predecessor: a. dash wilson - office: 13th chief justice of liberia - nominator: william tubman - birth date: 18 july 1908 - alma mater: cuttington college - name: james a. a. pierre - image: jamesaapierre.jpg - birth place: hartford , liberia - termstart: 1971 - termend: 1980 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james a. a. pierre .
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james alexander adolphus pierre -lrb- july 18 , 1908 -- april 22 , 1980 -rrb- was the 13th chief justice of liberia , serving from 1971 until his death in 1980 .he had previously served as the attorney general of liberia from 1964 to 1971 in the administration of william tubman .following a military coup d'etat on the night of april 12 , 1980 , staged by enlisted men of the army , the liberian government was overthrown and senior government officials were arrested .ten days later , on april 22 , 1980 , thirteen of them , including chief justice pierre , were summarily executed .