No Change: Court Refuses Chesimard Trial Outside Middlesex, Newspaper Article.

Item

Title
No Change: Court Refuses Chesimard Trial Outside Middlesex, Newspaper Article.
Date
1976-04-30
Creator
Josh McMahon
David Wald
Description
A newspaper article from The Star Ledger about Superior Court Judge John C. Demos denying a motion to move the murder trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper out of Middlesex County because of the defense's inability to show that an unbiased jury couldn't be selected.
Primary Subject
1900-1999
Law
Justice
Black power
Additional Subject
Black Panther Party (BPP)
Prison
Black nationalism
Type
Textual document
Medium
Paper
Format
JPEG
HBCU Identifier
mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.49.9
HCAC Identifier
HCAC.JSU.0801
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 Star Ledger, 30 Apr. 1976, p. 5.
Collection
The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson