Arlene Violet
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Arlene Violet was a nun in the Sisters of Mercy religious order. She left the order to run successfully for Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

 Attorney General
Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...

 in 1984. This was the first time the position of Attorney General in any state had been held by a woman.

She is the author of Convictions: My Journey, published in 1988.

She also had a talk show on radio station WHJJ
WHJJ
WHJJ is a radio station in Providence, Rhode Island. The station was previously assigned the call letters WJAR, adopting its current call letters in 1980 when previous owner Outlet Communications sold the station.-History:...

 from about 1990 to 2006. Ms. Violet has a Rhode Island accent (see the Wikipedia article Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

, section Culture.)

She is currently a practicing attorney. She also appears on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers". She was an attorney in the Von Bülow case
Claus von Bülow
Claus von Bülow is a British socialite of German and Danish ancestry. He was accused of the attempted murder of his wife Sunny von Bülow by administering an insulin overdose in 1980 but his conviction in the first trial was reversed and he was found not guilty in both his retrials.-Biography:Born...

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