Chesimard Protests Rejection of Witness, Newspaper Article.

Title: Chesimard Protests Rejection of Witness, Newspaper Article.
Date: 1977-03-10
Creator: Sue Emmons
Description: A newspaper article from The News Tribune about the defense team for Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard), on trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper, being denied calling an extra ballistics witness by the judge. The prosecution contended the witness was not valid since the defense team missed the cutoff date to add witnesses to their list.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Law See all items with this value; Justice See all items with this value; Black power See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black Panther Party (BPP); Prison; Black nationalism
Type: Textual document
Medium: Paper
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.49.47
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0839
Rights: All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director.
Contributing Institution: Jackson State University
Source: Originally published in The News Tribune, 10 Mar. 1977, p. 5.
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson
Relation: Request for Ballistics Expert Rejected: Chesimard Defense, Judge Clash on Witness Denial, Newspaper Article.