Request for Ballistics Expert Rejected: Chesimard Defense, Judge Clash on Witness Denial, Newspaper Article.

Title: Request for Ballistics Expert Rejected: Chesimard Defense, Judge Clash on Witness Denial, Newspaper Article.
Date: 1977-03-10
Creator: Lawrence Nagy
Description: A newspaper article from The Star Ledger 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; 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.4.49.44
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0836
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, 10 Mar. 1977, p. 6.
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson
Relation: Chesimard Protests Rejection of Witness, Newspaper Article.

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