Joanne Little’s Lawyer Loses Contempt Appeal, Newspaper Article.

Title

Joanne Little’s Lawyer Loses Contempt Appeal, Newspaper Article.

Date

1977-03-01--1977-03-05

Creator

Unknown See all items with this value

Description

A newspaper article from The New Jersey Afro-American about Attorney Jerry Paul, whose appeal of contempt of court from his successful defense of Joanne Little in 1975 was denied by the 4th U.S. Court of Appeals. Little was the first woman in U.S. history to be acquitted for murder using the defense of using deadly force to resist sexual assault.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Law See all items with this value

Justice See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Black Panther Party (BPP)

Prison

Type

Textual document

Medium

Paper

Format

PDF

HBCU Identifier

mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.54.2

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.JSU.0791

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 New Jersey Afro-American, 1-5 Mar. 1977.

Collection

The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson See all items with this value

Language

English

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