 On October 21 , President Truman appointed prosecutor John McGohey to serve as a U.S. District Court judge . Judge Medina was hailed as a national hero and received 50 @,@ 000 letters congratulating him on the trial outcome . On October 24 , Time magazine featured Medina on its cover , and soon thereafter he was asked to consider running for governor of New York . On June 11 , 1951 , Truman nominated Medina to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit , where he served until 1980 . 
